Using Autopsy Brain Tissue to Study Alcohol-Related Brain Damage in the Genomic Age

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Sutherland, Greg T ^a   Sheedy, Donna ^a   Kril, Jillian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol Related Brain Damage; Autopsy Tissue; Brain Banking; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; RNA;

ALCOHOL RELATED BRAIN DAMAGE; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TISSUE; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ALCOHOL-RELATED BRAIN DAMAGE; AUTOPSY TISSUE; BRAIN BANKING; NEURODEGENERATION;

ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; TISSUE BANKS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84892823845     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12243     Document Type: Review

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