Selective effects of perinatal ethanol exposure in medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-135

  Lawrence, R Charles ^a   Otero, Nicha K H ^a   Kelly, Sandra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Golgi stain; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GLIA CELL; GOLGI STAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; STEREOLOGY;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856233308     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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