Microencephaly and selective decreases in cerebellar purkinje cell numbers following combined exposure to ethanol and methadone during rat brain development

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 438-445

  Pierce, D R ^a   Kane, C J M ^b   Serbus, D C ^c   Light, K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Ethanol; Methadone; Postnatal; Purkinje cells; Rat brain development

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; METHADONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0030839428     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111241     Document Type: Article

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