Perinatal supplementation of low doses of ethanol enhances 5-HT restoration in the central nervous system

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 449-455

  Germani, Elena ^a   Suck, Martha Lilia Tena ^a,b   Di Giulio, Anna Maria ^a   Gorio, Alfredo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Faculty of Medicine ^*  (Mexico)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 HT regeneration; FAS; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Pruning effect; Retrograde degeneration; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ALCOHOL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LACTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033230860     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19991101)58:3<449::AID-JNR11>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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