Low ethanol concentration alters CHRNA5 RNA levels during early human development

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-492

  Krishnamoorthy, Malini ^a,f   Gerwe, Brian A ^c,e   Scharer, Christopher D ^a   Heimburg Molinaro, Jamie ^a   Gregory, Frederick ^a   Nash, Rachel J ^b   Arumugham, Jagan ^f   Stewart, Bethany ^a   Stice, Steven L ^d   Nash, Rodney J ^a,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Jeevan Biosciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol consumption; CHRNA5; Ethanol toxicity; FASD; Human development; Human embryonic stem cells; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956492049     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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