| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 404 pages) : illustrations |
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Models of neurotoxicity provide unique insight into normal development / Michael W. Miller -- Cell proliferation / Bernhard Suter, Pradeep G. Bhide -- Neuronal migration / Huaiyu Hu -- Neuronal differentiation: from axons to synapses / C. David Mintz [and others] -- Cell death / Stevens K. Rehen, Jerold J.M. Chun -- Intracellular pathways of neuronal death / Sandra M. Mooney, George I. Henderson -- Developmental disorders and evolutionary expectations: mechanisms of resilience / Barbara L. Finlay, Jeremy C. Yost, Desmond T. Cheung -- Prenatal alcohol exposure and human development / Claire D. Coles -- Influence of alcohol on the structure of the developing human brain / Susanna L. Fryer [and others] -- Prenatal ethanol exposure and fetal programming: implications for endocrine and immune development and long-term health / Joanna H. Sliwowska, Xingqi Zhang, Joanne Weinberg |
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Early exposure to ethanol affects the proliferation of neuronal precursors / Michael W. Miller -- Effects of ethanol on the regulation of cell cycle in neural stem cells / W. Michael Zawada, Mita Das -- Mechanisms of ethanol-induced alterations in neuronal migration / Julie A. Siegenthaler, Michael W. Miller -- Effects of ethanol on mechanisms regulating neuronal process outgrowth / Tara A. Lindsley -- Neuronal survival is compromised by ethanol: extracellular mediators / Michael W. Miller, Marla B. Bruns, Paula L. Hoffman -- Intracellular events in ethanol-induced neuronal death / Sandra M. Mooney, Michael W. Miller, George I. Henderson -- Neural crest and developmental exposure to ethanol / Susan M. Smith, Katherine A. Debelak-Kragtorp |
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Glial targets of developmental exposure to ethanol / Consuelo Guerri, Gemma Rubert, Maria Pasqual -- Tobacco use during pregnancy: epidemiology and effects on offspring / Jennifer A. Willford, Nancy L. Day, Marie D. Cornelius -- Prenatal nicotine exposure and animal behavior / Brenda M. Elliott, Neil E. Grunberg -- Neuronal receptors for nicotine: functional diversity and developmental changes / Huibert D. Mansvelder, Lorna W. Role -- Neural precursors as preferential targets for drug abuse: long term consequences and latent susceptibility to central nervous system disorders / Kurt F. Hauser [and others] -- Nicotinic receptor regulation of developing catecholamine systems / Frances M. Leslie [and others] |
| Summary |
This text describes both the intricate events underlying normal development of the nervous system and how alcohol and nicotine interfere with that development. It highlights the plasticity and resilience of the developing brain, as well as the targeted effects of each toxin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Developmental toxicology.
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Neurotoxicology.
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Alcohol -- Toxicology.
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Nicotine -- Toxicology
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Alcoholism in pregnancy -- Pathophysiology
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Pregnant women -- Tobacco use -- Physiological effect
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Brain -- drug effects
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Brain -- growth & development
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Ethanol -- pharmacology
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Fetus -- drug effects
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Neurons -- drug effects
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Nicotine -- pharmacology
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Alcoholic Intoxication
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Alcohol -- Toxicology
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Developmental toxicology
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Neurotoxicology
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Nicotine -- Toxicology
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Hirnfunktionsstörung
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Schwangerschaft
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Alkoholmissbrauch
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Nicotinmissbrauch
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Hirnfunktionsstèorung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miller, Michael W
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| LC no. |
2005012854 |
| ISBN |
9780199865147 |
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0199865140 |
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