Growth factor-mediated neural proliferation: Target of ethanol toxicity

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-167

  Luo, Jia ^a   Miller, Michael W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Astrocytoma; Cancer; Cell culture; Cell cycle; Cell proliferation; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Glia; Neuroblastoma; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MITOGENESIS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 0031781551     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(98)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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