Prenatal alcohol exposure decreases the number of nitric oxide synthase positive neurons in rat superior colliculus and periaqueductal gray

Alcohol

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-84

  Phillips, Dwight E ^a   Cummings, Joel D ^a   Wall, Kenneth A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Development; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Periaqueductal gray; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEXTRIN; MALTOSE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0033660402     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(00)00108-7     Document Type: Article

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