Early postnatal alcohol exposure produced long-term deficits in brain weight, but not the number of neurons in the locus coeruleus

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Chen, Wei Jung A ^a   Parnell, Scott E ^a   West, James R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult rat; Ethanol; Microencephaly; Neuronal loss; Norepinephrine; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033452454     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00128-5     Document Type: Article

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