Alcohol inhibition of neurogenesis: A mechanism of hippocampal neurodegeneration in an adolescent alcohol abuse model

Hippocampus

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 596-607

  Morris, Stephanie A ^a   Eaves, David W ^a   Smith, Aleksander R ^a   Nixon, Kimberly ^a  

^a University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cell death; Ethanol; Neural stem cell; Progenitor

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DOUBLECORTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77749308336     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20665     Document Type: Article

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