Focus on: The use of animal models for the study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-98

  Wilson, Shannon E ^a   Cudd, Timothy A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol effects; Animal models; Fetal alcohol exposure research; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Maternal alcohol consumption; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Teratogenic effects of alcohol

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 79961005857     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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