Central and peripheral neurochemical alterations and immune effects of prenatal ethanol exposure in rats

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-469

  Clausing, Peter ^a   Ali, Syed F ^b   Taylor, Laventrice D ^a   Newport, Glenn D ^a   Rybak, Susanne ^a   Paule, Merle G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Lymphocyte subsets; Norepinephrine; Prenatal ethanol exposure; Rat; Serotonin; Spleen; Thymus

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0030198854     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(96)00001-9     Document Type: Article

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