Title Alcohol and brain development / edited by James R. West

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1986

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Description xvi, 440 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: PART I: The Behavioral Teratology of Alcohol -- 1. The Behavioral Teratology of Alcohol: Performance, Behavioral, and Intellectual Deficits in Prenatally Exposed Children, A.P. Streissguth -- 2. Fetal Alcohol Exposure and Hyperactivity in Rats, N. Bond -- 3. Response Inhibition Deficits Following Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, E. Riley, S.Barron, and J.H. Hannigan -- PART II: Morphological Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure -- 4. Studies of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Methodological Consideration, E.L. Abel, and E.P. Riley -- 5. Perinatal Alcohol Exposure and Neuronal Damage, J.R. West and D.R. Pierce -- 6. Neuropathology in the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, S.K. Clarren -- 7. Microcephaly and the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, H.H. Samson -- 8. Alcohol Effects on Developing Neuronal Structure, R.P. Hammer Jr. -- 9. Alcohol and Histology of the Developing Cerebellum, S.C. Phillips -- 10. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and the Development of Sensory Systems, A. Pettigrew -- PART III: Chemical Aspects of Alcohol and Brain Development -- 11. Molecular Events Underlying the Effects of Ethanol on the Developing Central Nervous System, E.K. Michaelis and M.L. Michaelis -- 12. Hormonal Effects of Fetal Alcohol Exposure, J. Weinberg, M.R. Nelson and A.N. Taylor -- 13. Effects of Perinatal Alcohol Exposure on Neurotransmitters, Membranes, and Proteins, M.J. Druse -- 14. Zinc-Alcohol Interactions in Brain Development, I.E. Dreosti -- 15. Alcohol Exposure and Altered Brain Development: Present Status and Implications for Future Research, J.R. West, R.L. Alkana, and J.F. DeBold Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index Subject Alcohol -- Physiological effect. Alcoholism. Brain -- Abnormalities. Brain -- Effect of drugs on. Brain -- Effects of drugs on Brain -- Embryology. Developmental neurobiology. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Abnormalities, Drug-Induced. Ethanol -- adverse effects. Brain -- abnormalities. Brain -- embryology. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Author West, James R., 1942- LC no. 86000684 ISBN 0195037065

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