Effect of acamprosate on neonatal excitotoxic cortical lesions in in utero alcohol-exposed hamsters

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Adde Michel, Christine ^a,b   Hennebert, Olivier ^a   Laudenbach, Vincent ^a,b   Marret, Stéphane ^a,b   Leroux, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol related neurodevelopmental disorders (ARND); Fetal alcoholization syndrome (FAS); Microgyria; Neuronal heterotopia; Neuronal migration; NMDA receptors; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; IBOTENIC ACID; TAURINE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAMSTER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TAURINE;

EID: 11844300441     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.037     Document Type: Article

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