Neural stem cells and alcohol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 324-335

  Crews, F T ^a,d   Miller, Michael W ^e   Ma, Wu ^b   Nixon, Kim ^a   Zawada, W Michael ^c   Zakhari, Sam ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol Use; Neural Stem Cells; Stem Cell Proliferation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037323944     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000052581.46630.C5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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