Alcohol-induced Purkinje cell loss with a single binge exposure in neonatal rats: A stereological study of temporal windows of vulnerability

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 738-744

  Goodlett, Charles R ^a   Eilers, Amy T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell Loss; Development; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Purkinje Cells

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030905361     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03831.x     Document Type: Article

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