Prenatal nicotine exposure does not cause Purkinje cell loss in the developing rat cerebellar vermis

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-637

  Chen, Wei Jung A ^a   Edwards, Russell B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicotine; Prenatal; Purkinje cells; Smoking; Stereology

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0041333151     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(03)00048-5     Document Type: Article

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