Perinatal exposure to alcohol reduces the expression of complexins I and II

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 400-405

  Zink, Mathias ^a   Araç, Gülsemin ^a   Frank, Stefanie Th ^a   Gass, Peter ^a   Gebicke Härter, Peter J ^a   Spanagel, Rainer ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Complexin; Ethanol; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Gene expression; Perinatal exposure to ethanol; Synapse

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXIN I; COMPLEXIN II; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 70349733441     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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