Ventromedian forebrain dysgenesis follows early prenatal ethanol exposure in mice

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Godin, Elizabeth A ^a   Dehart, Deborah B ^a   Parnell, Scott E ^a   O'Leary Moore, Shonagh K ^a   Sulik, Kathleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Ganglionic eminence; Holoprosencephaly; Interneurons; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; SOMATOSTATIN;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INTERVENTRICULAR FORAMEN; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TERATOGENS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

MUS;

EID: 79953310524     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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