Long-term effect of postnatal alcohol exposure on the number of cells in the neocortex of the rat: A stereological study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 615-623

  Mooney, Sandra M ^a,c   Napper, Ruth M A ^a   West, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial Rearing; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS); Neocortex; Rat Brain Development; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DEATH; CELL POPULATION; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GLIA CELL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029933940     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01663.x     Document Type: Article

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