Do pediatric drugs cause developing neurons to commit suicide?

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 135-139

  Olney, John W ^a   Young, Chainllie ^a   Wozniak, David F ^a   Jevtovic Todorovic, Vesna ^b   Ikonomidou, Chrysanthy ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FATALITY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 1342285589     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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