Lifelong ethanol consumption and loss of locus coeruleus neurons in AA and ANA rats

Alcohol

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Rintala, Jyrki ^b   Jaatinen, Pia ^b   Wei, Lu ^b   Sarviharju, Maija ^a   Eriksson, Peter ^a   Kiianmaa, Kalervo ^a   Hervonen, Antti ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Alcohol; Locus coeruleus; Morphometry; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACETALDEHYDE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031679474     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(98)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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