Hippocampal nitric oxide synthase in the fetal guinea pig: Effects of chronic prenatal ethanol exposure

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 39-46

  Kimura, Karen A ^a   Brien, James F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic prenatal ethanol exposure; Fetal guinea pig; Hippocampus; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Pyramidal neuron

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FETUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH REGULATION; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0031981255     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00184-3     Document Type: Article

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