Alcohol, astroglia, and brain development

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-81

  Guerri, Consuelo ^a   Renau Piqueras, Jaime ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrogliogenesis; Brain development; Ethanol; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Radial glia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 0031196671     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02740616     Document Type: Article

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