Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) associated neural defects: Complex mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets

Brain Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 964-991

  Muralidharan, Pooja ^a   Sarmah, Swapnalee ^a   Zhou, Feng C ^b   Marrs, James A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cranial neural crest cells; Ethanol; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Vitamin deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CATENIN; CHOLINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CELL DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84884721007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci3020964     Document Type: Article

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