Early postnatal ethanol exposure induces fluctuation in the expression of BDNF mRNA in the developing rat hippocampus

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 484-493

  Miki, Takanori ^a   Kuma, Hiromi ^b   Yokoyama, Toshifumi ^a   Sumitani, Kazunori ^a   Matsumoto, Yoshiki ^a   Kusaka, Takashi ^a   Warita, Katsuhiko ^a   Wang, Zhi Yu ^a   Hosomi, Naohisa ^b   Imagawa, Tomohiro ^c   Bedi, Kuldip S ^d   Itoh, Susumu ^a   Nakamura, Yu ^b   Takeuchi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BDNF; Development; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Hippocampus; Neurotoxicity; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 61949366388     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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