Effects of neonatal alcohol exposure on vasoactive intestinal polypeptide neurons in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

Alcohol

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 387-396

  Farnell, Yuhua Z ^a,b   Allen, Gregg C ^a,b   Neuendorff, Nichole ^a,b   West, James R ^a   Wei Jung, A Chen ^a   Earnest, David J ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Clock; Entrainment; Ethanol; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Neuropeptides; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MESSENGER RNA; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; REARING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEREOLOGY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 68149156299     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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