Ethanol exposure during the third trimes
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Frederick P. Bellinger; Kuldip S. Bedi; Peter Wilson; Peter A. Wilce
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Fetal alcohol syndrome is a major cause of mental retardation. We investigated possible long-lasting effects of alcohol on the hippocampus using a model for human third trimester brain development. Treatment of neonatal rats with an ethanol vapor atmosphere of 39.4+/-2.6 mg ethanol/liter of air for