Prenatal alcohol exposure and the effects of environmental enrichment on hippocampal dendritic spine density

Alcohol

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-216

  Berman, Robert F ^a,b   Hannigan, John H ^a   Sperry, Maureen A ^a   Zajac, Carol S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Environmental enrichment; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Gender differences; Hippocampus; Rapid Golgi stain; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GOLGI STAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT;

EID: 0029940064     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0741-8329(95)02049-7     Document Type: Article

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