Environmental Causes of Central Nervous System Maldevelopment

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1076-1083

  Rodier, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS development; Critical periods; Gene environment interactions; Teratology

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CRITICAL PERIOD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS; GENE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; TERATOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FETUS; HUMANS; NEURONS; TERATOGENS;

EID: 1842429806     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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