Fetal alcohol exposure and temporal vulnerability: Regional differences in alcohol-induced microencephaly as a function of the timing of binge-like alcohol exposure during rat brain development

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1418-1425

  Maier, Susan E ^a   Chen, Wei Jung A ^a   Miller, Jennifer A ^a   West, James R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebellum; Ethanol; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Forebrain

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; CEREBELLUM; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030662279     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04471.x     Document Type: Article

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