Abnormal development of the cerebellar vermis in children prenatally exposed to alcohol: Size reduction in lobules I-V

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-34

  Sowell, Elizabeth R ^a   Jernigan, Terry L ^b,c   Mattson, Sarah N ^a   Riley, Edward P ^a   Sobel, David F ^d   Jones, Kenneth Lyons ^e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Prenatal Alcohol Exposure; Vermis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PURKINJE CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029865053     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01039.x     Document Type: Article

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