Prenatal ethanol exposure differentially affects hippocampal neurogenesis in the adolescent and aged brain

Neuroscience

Volumn 273, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-188

  Gil Mohapel, J ^a   Titterness, A K ^a   Patten, A R ^a   Taylor, S ^a   Ratzlaff, A ^a   Ratzlaff, T ^a   Helfer, J ^a   Christie, B R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis; Age; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Prenatal ethanol exposure; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901803954     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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