Role of various neurotransmitters in mediating the long-term endocrine consequences of prenatal alcohol exposure

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1144, Issue , 2008, Pages 176-188

  Lee, Soon ^a   Choi, Irene ^a   Kang, Sang ^b   Rivier, Catherine ^a,c  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Alcohol; Catecholamines; CRF; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASTRESSIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 56849097619     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1418.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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