Early Exposure to Ethanol Affects the Proliferation of Neuronal Precursors

Brain Development: Normal Processes and the Effects of Alcohol and Nicotine

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Miller, Michael W ^a,b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Early development; Neurons; Spatiotemporal patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919779293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183139.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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