Alcohol exposure during the first two trimesters equivalent alters granule cell number and neurotrophin expression in the developing rat olfactory bulb

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 414-423

  Maier, Susan E ^a   Cramer, J Alan ^a   West, James R ^a   Sohrabji, Farida ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; FAS; Methylation; Neurodevelopment; Neurotrophin; RT PCR; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA; GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRANULE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033571220     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19991115)41:3<414::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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