The effect of the timing of ethanol exposure during early postnatal life on total number of Purkinje cells in rat cerebellum

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 423-431

  Miki, Takanori ^a   Harris, Simon ^b   Wilce, Peter ^b   Takeuchi, Yoshiki ^a   Bedi, Kuldip S ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell death; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; PURKINJE CELLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032970525     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299004835     Document Type: Article

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