Effects of nicotine exposure during prenatal or perinatal period on cell numbers in adult rat hippocampus and cerebellum: A stereology study

Life Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2221-2227

  Chen, Wei Jung A ^a   King, Karen A ^a   Lee, Ruby E ^a   Sedtal, Christopher S ^a   Smith, Andrew M ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell loss; Granule cell; Purkinje cell; Pyramidal cell; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL POPULATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PURKINJE CELLS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SMOKING;

EID: 33750472702     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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