To be or not to be: How ethanol can affect neuronal death during development

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 193-195

  Hoffman, P L ^a   Tabakoff, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA FRAGMENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0029917311     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01065.x     Document Type: Note

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