Maturation-dependent alcohol resistance in the developing mouse: Cerebellar neuronal loss and gene expression during alcohol-vulnerable and -resistant periods

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1439-1450

  Karaçay, Bahri ^a   Li, Shenglan ^a   Bonthius, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cerebellum; CREB; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; SOMATOMEDIN A; WNT PROTEIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBELLUM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; WNT PROTEINS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 48749131933     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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