Alcohol brain damage and neuroinflammation: Is there a connection?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1080-1089

  Syapin, Peter J ^a   Hickey, William F ^b   Kane, Cynthia J M ^c,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Astroglial; Chemokines; Cytokines; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Microglia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMYELINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYNTHIA;

EID: 21644486354     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000167961.39176.E6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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