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Alcohol exposure during the first two trimesters equivalent alters granule cell number and neurotrophin expression in the developing rat olfactory bulb
15 Nov 1999
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Although alcohol has been shown to affect brain development adversely, the underlying mechanism of alcohol's actions are poorly understood. The present study addressed the hypothesis that alcohol affects growth factor availability during critical periods of neural growth by measuring the mRNA expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a potent developmental growth factor. Multiple offspring of...
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