Vitamin E and β-carotene protect against ethanol combined with ischemia in an embryonic rat hippocampal culture model of fetal alcohol syndrome

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 189-192

  Mitchell, J Jean ^a   Paiva, Michael ^a   Heaton, Marieta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ethanol; Hippocampus; Ischemia; Vitamin E; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ISCHEMIA; LEARNING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0033605523     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00144-5     Document Type: Article

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