Effects of ethanol during adolescence on the number of neurons and glia in the medial prefrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala of adult male and female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1466, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-32

  Koss, W A ^a   Sadowski, R N ^a   Sherrill, L K ^a   Gulley, J M ^a   Juraska, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cell death; Cell proliferation; Sex difference; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL AMYGDALA; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862991511     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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