Neocortical neurodegeneration in young adult Wistar rats prenatally exposed to ethanol

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-237

  Fakoya, Francis Adelade ^a   Caxton Martins, Ezekiel Ademola ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Neocortex; Neurodegeneration; Neuronal count; Prenatal ethanol exposure; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PARAFFIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33645420015     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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