Neuronal reduction in frontal cortex of primates after prenatal alcohol exposure

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-17

  Burke, Mark W ^a   Palmour, Roberta M ^b,c   Ervin, Frank R ^b,c   Ptito, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Behavioral Science Foundation

Author keywords

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Frontal cortex; Nonhuman primate; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GROWTH INHIBITION; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAPLORHINI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 58149260296     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32831b449c     Document Type: Article

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