Alcohol and brain development /

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Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Description:xvi, 440 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/804855
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Other authors / contributors:West, James R., 1942-
ISBN:0195037065 : $45.00
Notes:Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The Behavioral Teratology of Alcohol
  • 1. The Behavioral Teratology of Alcohol: Performance,Behavioral, and Intellectual Deficits in Prenatally Exposed Children
  • 2. Fetal Alcohol Exposure and Hyperactivity in Rats
  • 3. Response Inhibition Deficits FollowingPrenatal Alcohol Exposure
  • Part 2. : Morphological Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
  • 4. Studies of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure:Methodological Consideration
  • 5. Perinatal Alcohol Exposure and Neuronal Damage
  • 6. Neuropathology in the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • 7. Microcephaly and the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • 8. Alcohol Effects on Developing Neuronal Structure
  • 9. Alcohol and Histology of the Developing Cerebellum
  • 10. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and the Development of SensorySystems
  • Part 3. Chemical Aspects of Alcohol and Brain Development
  • 11. Molecular Events Underlying the Effectsof Ethanol on the Developing Central Nervous System
  • 12. Hormonal Effects of Fetal AlcoholExposure
  • 13. Effects of Perinatal Alcohol Exposure on Neurotransmitters,Membranes, and Proteins
  • 14. Zinc-Alcohol Interactions in Brain Development
  • 15. Alcohol Exposure and Altered BrainDevelopment: Present Status and Implications for Future Research