Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Results in Long-Term Serotonin Neuron Deficits in Female Rats: Modulatory Role of Ovarian Steroids

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 152-160

  Sliwowska, Joanna H ^a,b   Song, Hyun Jung ^a   Bodnar, Tamara ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Ethanol; Prenatal Alcohol Exposure; Progesterone; Serotonin (5 HT)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SEROTONIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ESTRADIOL; ETHANOL; PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN (5-HT);

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892808923     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12224     Document Type: Article

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