Fetal alcohol exposure alters neurosteroid levels in the developing rat brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1530-1539

  Caldeira, Jerri C ^a   Wu, Yan ^b   Mameli, Manuel ^a   Purdy, Robert H ^c   Li, Pui Kai ^d   Akwa, Yvette ^e   Savage, Daniel D ^a   Engen, John R ^b   Valenzuela, C Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Ethanol; Neuroactive; Pregnenolone; Steroid; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIVER; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANOLONE; PREGNENOLONE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; TYRAMINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4544269063     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02686.x     Document Type: Article

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