Alcohol-induced neuronal death in central extended amygdala and pyriform cortex during the postnatal period of the rat

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 733-742

  Balaszczuk, V ^a,b   Bender, C ^a   Pereno, G L ^b   Beltramino, C A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Central extended amygdala; Neurodegeneration; Postnatal period; Pyriform cortex

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL EXTENDED AMYGDALA; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 80053575842     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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