Changes of hippocampal neurons after perinatal exposure to ethanol

Physiological Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-282

  Milotova M ^a   Riljak, V ^a   Jandova K ^a   Bortelova J ^a   Maresova D ^a   Pokorny J ^a   Langmeier, M ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Degeneration; Dentate gyrus; Ethanol; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DENTATE GYRUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 45849150426     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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