Glial fibrillary acidic protein expression in rat brain and in radial glia culture is delayed by prenatal ethanol exposure

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2425-2433

  Valles S ^a   Sancho Tello, M ^a   Minana R ^a   Climent, E ^a   Renau Piqueras, J ^a   Guerri, C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain development; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; mRNA; Prenatal ethanol exposure; Radial glia culture; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GLIA CELL; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; GILA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0029827611     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67062425.x     Document Type: Article

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