Morphometric evidence that the total number of synapses on Purkinje neurons of old F344 rats is reduced after long-term ethanol treatment and restored to control levels after recovery

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-172

  Dlugos, Cynthia A ^a   Pentney, Roberta J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030998706     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008250     Document Type: Article

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