The effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the morphological characteristics of spinal motoneurons

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 791-799

  David, Pamela ^a   Subramaniam, Krishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Motoneuron development; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTOR NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 70349171624     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20593     Document Type: Article

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