Drug-induced apoptosis: Mechanism by which alcohol and many other drugs can disrupt brain development

Brain Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1153-1181

  Creeley, Catherine E ^a   Olney, John W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anesthetics; Anti epileptics; Apoptosis; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; CASPASE 3; ETIRACETAM; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL;

APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN APNEA; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; STRIATE CORTEX; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 84938961143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci3031153     Document Type: Review

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