Alcohol and the developing brain: Neuroanatomical studies

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-180

  Chen, Wei Jung A ^a   Maier, Susan E ^a   Parnell, Scott E ^a   West, James R ^a  

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

Author keywords

AODR (alcohol and other drug related) behavioral problem; Brain damage; Cell adhesion molecules; CNS function; Cognitive development; Drug therapy; Fetal alcohol effects; Mitochondria; Neuroimaging; Neurotoxicity; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Prevention strategy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARAGINYLALANYLPROLYLVALYLSERYLISOLEUCYLPROLYLGLUTAMINE; DIZOCILPINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SERYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLARGINYLSERYLISOLEUCYLPROLYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL LOSS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENDRITIC SPINE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOTHER; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROGENY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 4143114820     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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