A rodent model of low- to moderate-dose ethanol consumption during pregnancy: Patterns of ethanol consumption and effects on fetal and offspring growth

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 859-870

  Probyn, Megan E ^a   Zanini, Simone ^a   Ward, Leigh C ^a   Bertram, John F ^b   Moritz, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethanol; fetus; offspring; postnatal growth; pregnancy; rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1;

ADH4 GENE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIET; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY MASS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RAT; RODENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84863802050     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11200     Document Type: Article

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