Ethanol increases cholinergic and decreases GABAergic neuronal expression in cultures derived from 8-day-old chick embryo cerebral hemispheres: interaction of ethanol and growth factors.

Abstract excerpt

We have shown that ethanol exposure during embryogenesis affects a variety of parameters of neuronal growth both in ovo and in vitro. Moreover, we have found that growth factors significantly attenuate the in ovo neurotoxicity produced by ethanol. In this study, we further examined the direct eff...

Topics

• Animals
• Brain
• Cell Differentiation
• Cells, Cultured
• Chick Embryo
• Choline O-Acetyltransferase
• Epidermal Growth Factor
• Ethanol
• Glutamate Decarboxylase
• Nerve Growth Factors
• Neurons