Morphometric analysis of the postnatal mouse optic nerve following prenatal exposure to alcohol

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Dangata, Y Y ^a   Kaufman, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal alcohol syndrome; Morphometry; Myelinogenesis; Optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MYELIN SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 0030986439     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878297002124     Document Type: Article

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