Persistent impairment of hippocampal neurogenesis in young adult rats following early postnatal alcohol exposure

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2073-2082

  Klintsova, Anna Y ^a   Helfer, Jennifer L ^a   Calizo, Lyngine H ^a   Dong, Willie K ^b   Goodlett, Charles R ^c   Greenough, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Neurogenesis; BrdU; Dentate Gyrus; Neonatal Alcohol Exposure; NeuN

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BROXURIDINE; CELL MARKER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; DENTATE GYRUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 36348962436     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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