Prenatal alcohol exposure reduces the proportion of newly produced neurons and glia in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 835-843

  Uban, Kristina A ^a   Sliwowska, Joanna H ^a   Lieblich, Stephanie ^a   Ellis, Linda A ^a   Yu, Wayne K ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Dentate gyrus; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD); Hippocampus; HPA axis; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78349313473     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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