Animal Research

NEW!  Early Exposure To Ethanol But Not Red Wine At The Same Alcohol Concentration Induces Behavioral And Brain Neurotrophin Alterations In Young And Adult Mice; by Marco Fiore, Giovanni Laviola, Luigi Aloe, Veronica di Fausto, Rosanna Mancinelli and Mauro Ceccanti; NeuroToxicology; Vol 30; 2009
NEW!  Ethanol Exposure of Neonatal Rats Does Not Increase Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Isolated Cerebellar Granule Neurons; by Cynthia J.M. Kane, Jason Y. Chang, Paula K. Roberson, Tarun Garg and Lihong Han; Alcohol; Vol 42 No 1;  2008
NEW!  Competing Interactions between Micro-RNAs Determine Neural Progenitor Survival and Proliferation after Ethanol Exposure: Evidence from an Ex Vivo Model of the Fetal Cerebral Cortical Neuroepithelium; by Pratheesh Sathyan, Honey B. Golden, and Rajesh C. Miranda; The Journal of Neuroscience; Vol 27 No 32; August 8, 2007
NEW!  Postnatal Choline Supplementation And Developmental Alcohol Exposure; a thesis by  Ronald Douglas Schneider; San Diego State University; Spring 2011
NEW!  The Effects of Voluntary Exercise on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and BDNF Levels in a Rodent Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; a thesis by Fanny Boehme; University of Victoria
NEW!  Magnetic Resonance–Based Studies of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Animal Models; by Shonagh K. O’Leary-Moore, Scott E. Parnell; Elizabeth A. Godin and Kathleen K. Sulik; Alcohol Research & Health, The Journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Vol 34, No 1, 2011
NEW!  The Use of Animal Models for the Study of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; by Shannon E. Wilson and Timothy A. Cudd; Alcohol Research & Health, The Journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Vol 34, No 1, 2011
Neonatal Alcohol-Induced Region-Dependent Changes in Rat Brain Neurochemistry Measured by High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; by Shonagh K. O’Leary-Moore, Andrew P. McMechan, Matthew P. Galloway and John H. Hannigan; Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research; Vol. 32, No. 10, October 2008
The Behavioral Effects Of Choline Supplementation On A Rodent Model Of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; a thesis by Elizabeth Jalal Abou; San Diego State University; 2010
A Drosophila Model For Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders: Role For The Insulin Pathway; by Kimberly D. McClure, Rachael L. French and Ulrike Heberlein; Disease Models & Mechanisms Vol 4, 2011
Prenatal Exposure To Moderate Levels Of Ethanol Alters Social Behavior In Adult Rats: Relationship To Structural Plasticity And Immediate Early Gene Expression In Frontal Cortex; by Derek A. Hamilton, Katherine G. Akers, James P. Rice, Travis E. Johnson, Felicha T. Candelaria-Cook, Levi I. Maes, Martina Rosenberg, C.Fernando Valenzuela, Daniel D. Savage; Behavioural Brain Research Vol 207, 2010
si-RNA Inhibition Of Brain Insulin Or Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptors Causes Developmental Cerebellar Abnormalities: Relevance To Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder;  by Suzanne M de la Monte, Ming Tong, Nathaniel Bowling, Peter Moskal; Molecular Brain Vol 4, No 13; 2011
The Effect Of Alcohol On Cranial Neural Crest Cells: Implications For Craniofacial Development; a thesis by Olusegun Olufemi Oyedele; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; 2010
Maternal Adrenocorticotropin, Cortisol And Thyroid Hormone Responses To Chronic Binge Alcohol Exposure Throughout Gestation: Ovine Model; a thesis by Ursula Tress; Texas A&M University, December 2007
Maternal and Fetal Methionine Metabolism and the Implications on Programming of the Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis by Prenatal Alcohol Exposure; a thesis by Ryan Patrick O’Neill; The University of Montana, 2004
The Long-Term Teratogenic Effect Of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure On The Somatosensory And Motor Cortex Of Rats; by Tyson Dow Chappell; University of Tennessee; December 2007
Alcohol Exposure during the Developmental Period Induces ß-Endorphin Neuronal Death and Causes Alteration in the Opioid Control of Stress Axis Function;  by Dipak K. Sarkar, Peter Kuhn, Jasson Marano, Cuiping Chen and Nadka Boyadjieva; Endocrinology Vol 148, 2007
Maternal Adrenocorticotropin, Cortisol and Thyroid Hormone Responses to Chronic Binge Alcohol Exposure Throughout Gestation: Ovine Model; a thesis by Ursula Tress; Texas A&M University; 2007
Differential Effects Of Ethanol Antagonism And Neuroprotection In Peptide Fragment NAPVSIPQ Prevention Of Ethanol-Induced Developmental Toxicity; by Michael F. Wilkemeyer, Shao-yu Chen, Carrie E. Menkari, Douglas E. Brenneman, Kathleen K. Sulik and Michael E. Charness; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Vol 100 No 14;  July 8, 2003
Enhanced Preference for Ethanol Odor and Increased Voluntary Intake Following Exposure to Ethanol During the Early Postnatal Period; a thesis by Ashley Breanne Barrineau; College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA; May 5, 2010
Prenatal Ethanol Exposure by Modulating Functions of Synaptic AMPA Receptors; by Julia Vaglenova, Noemi Pandiella, Nayana Wijayawardhane, Tiru Vaithianathan, Sandjay Birru, Charles Breese, Vishnu Suppiramaniam and Clark Randal; Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol 33, 2008
Fetal Learning About Ethanol and Later Ethanol Responsiveness: Evidence Against “Safe” Amounts of Prenatal Exposure; by Paula Abate, Mariana Pueta, Norman E. Spear and Juan C. Molina; Experimental Biology and Medicine (Exp Biol Med) Vol 233 No 2, 2008
Study of Apoptosis and Mitosis Mechanisms in the Eye. Experimental Model of Gestational Toxic Syndrome; by Pons-Vázquez S., Vila-Bou V., Zanon-Moreno V., Iborra F. J., Gallego-Pinazo R, Melo P. M., García-Medina J. J. and Pinazo-Durán M. D.; Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol) Vol 83, 2008
Chronic Ethanol Consumption Impedes the Acquisition of a Promigratory Phenotype in Murine Cutaneous Dendritic Cells; a thesis by Corey Patrick Parlet; The University of Iowa, 2009
Aniracetam Reversed Learning and Memory Deficits Following Prenatal Ethanol Exposure by Modulating Functions of Synaptic AMPA Receptors; by Julia Vaglenova, Noemi Pandiella, Nayana Wijayawardhane, Tiru Vaithianathan, Sandjay Birru, Charles Breese, Vishnu Suppiramaniam and Clark Randal; Neuropsychopharmacology Vol 33, 2008
Sex-Specific Effects Of Prenatal Ethanol Exposure On Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity In Adolescent Rats; a thesis by Andrea Kay Titterness; Western Washington University, 2002
Early Alcohol Exposure Induces Persistant Alteration of Cortical Columnar Organization and Reduced Orientation Selectivity in the Visual Cortex; by Alexandre E. Medina, Thomas E. Krahe and Ary S. Ramoa; Journal of Neurophysiology Vol 93; 2005
Moderate Level Alcohol During Pregnancy, Prenatal Stress, or Both and Limbic-Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis Response to Stress in Rhesus Monkeys; by Mary L. Schneider, Colleen F. Moore, and Gary W. Kraemer; Child Development Vol 75 No 1; 2004
Moderate Alcohol During Pregnancy: Learning and Behavior in Adolescent Rhesus Monkeys; by Mary L. Schneider, Colleen F. Moore, and Gary W. Kraemer; Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Vol 25 No 9; 2001
Ethanol Related Teratogenicity and Neurobehavioural Impairments: Influence of Dietary Zinc Supplementation During Pregnancy; by Brooke Lee Summers; thesis; University of Adelaide, Australia; 2008
Difluoromethylornithine Decreases Long-Lasting Protein Oxidation Induced by Neonatal Ethanol Exposure in the Hippocampus of Adolescent Rats; by Carlos Fernando Mello, Maribel Antonello Rubin, Rukhsana Sultana, Susan Barron, John Martin Littleton, and D. Allan Butterfield; Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Vol 31 No 5; 2007
Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Alters the Expression of Period Genes Governing the Circadian Function of B-endorphin Neurons in the Hypothalamus; by Cui Ping Chen, Peter Kuhn, Juan P. Advis and Dipak K. Sarkar; Journal of Neurochemistry Vol 97; 2006
Fetal Exposure to Ethanol Has Long-Term Effects on the Severity of Influenza Virus Infections; by Jodi McGill, David K. Meyerholz, Michelle Edsen-Moore, Betty Young, Ruth A. Coleman, Annette J. Schlueter, Thomas J. Waldschmidt, Robert T. Cook and Kevin L. Legge; The Journal of Immunology, Vol 182, 2009
Maternal Alcohol Administration Suppresses Expression of Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Hippocampus of Offspring Rats; by Mi-Hyeon Jang, Myoung-Hwa Lee, Hong Kim, Sam-Jun Lee, Young-Je Sim, Chang-Ju Kim, Se-Keun Park, Jeongseon Kim and Ee-Hwa Kim;  Journal of Pharmacological Sciences Vol 98; 2005
Early Chronic Ethanol Exposure in Rats Disturbs Respiratory Network Activity and Increases Sensitivity to Ethanol; by C. Dubois, M. Naassila, M. Daoust and O. Pierrefiche;  Journal of Physiology Vol 576; 2006
Eyeblink Classical Conditioning and Interpositus Nucleus Activity Are Disrupted in Adult Rats Exposed to Ethanol as Neonates; by John T. Green, Timothy B. Johnson, Charles R. Goodlett andJoseph E. Steinmetz; Learning and Memory Vol 9; 2002
The Effect of Gestational Ethanol Exposure on Voluntary Ethanol Intake in Early Postnatal and Adult Rats; by Steven L. Youngentob, Juan C. Molina, Norman E. Spear and Lisa M. Youngentob; Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol. 121, No. 6, 2007
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Triggers Ceramide-Induced Apoptosis in Neural Crest-Derived Tissues Concurrent with Defective Cranial Development; by G Wang and E Bieberich; Cell Death and Disease Vol 1, 2010
Ethanol Induces Heterotopias in Organotypic Cultures of Rat Cerebral Cortex; by Sandra M. Mooney, Julie A. Siegenthaler and Michael W. Miller; Cerebral Cortex Vol 14 No 10, Oxford University Press 2004
Ethanol-Induced Fetal Dysmorphogenesis in the Mouse Is Diminished by High Antioxidative Capacity of the Mother; by Parri Wentzel and Ulf J. Eriksson; Toxicological Sciences Vol 92 No 2, 2006
Prenatal Ethanol Exposure: Gonadal Axis Influences on Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Responsiveness in Prepubertal Rats; a thesis by Alison Halpert; University of British Columbia; 2005
Ethanol-Related Teratogenicity And Neurobehavioural Impairments: Influence Of Dietary Zinc Supplementation During Pregnancy; by Brooke Lee Summers; a thesis; The University of Adelaide, South Australia; 2008
The Effects Of Prenatal Ethanol Exposure On Anterior Pituitary Sensitivity And Elevated Plus Maze Behaviour Following CRH Stimulation; by Catherine L. Yu; Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1997
Interactions Between Ethanol Experiences During LateGestation and Nursing: Effects upon Infantile and Maternal Responsiveness to Ethanol; by Mariana  Pueta, Paula  Abate, Norman E. Spear, Juan C. Molina; International Journal of Comparative Psychology, vol 18 no 3, 2005
Repeated Ethanol Exposure During Late Gestation Alters The Maturation And Innate Immune Status Of The Ovine Fetal Lung; by Foula Sozo, Luke OfDay, Gert Maritz, Kelly Kenna, Victoria Stacy, Nadine Brew, David Walker, Alan Bocking, James Brien and Richard Harding; The American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, December 26, 2008
Ethanol Exposure Induces Differential MicroRNA And Target Gene Expression And Teratogenic Effects Which Can Be Suppressed By Folic Acid Supplementation; by Lin-Lin Wang, Zhaofeng Zhang, Qiong Li, Ruiyue Yang, Xinrong Pei, Yajun Xu, Junbo Wang, Shu-Feng Zhou and Yong Li; Human Reproduction, Vol.1, No.1,  2009
Prenatal Programming Of Adult Thyroid Function By Alcohol And Thyroid Hormones; by Jennifer Slone Wilcoxon and Eva E. Redei; The American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol 287, 2004
Exposure to Ethanol during Gastrulation Alters Somatosensory-Motor Cortices and the Underlying White Matter in the Macaque; by Michael W. Miller; Cerebral Cortex, 2007
Timing Of Moderate Level Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Influences Gene Expression Of Sensory Processing Behavior In Rhesus Monkeys; by Mary L. Schneider, Colleen F. Moore, Julie A. Larson, Christina S. Barr, Onofre T. DeJesus and Andrew D. Roberts; Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, Vol 3 No 30; 2009
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Effects of First Trimester Binge Alcohol Exposure on Developing White Matter in Fetal Sheep; by Hirofumi  Watari, Donald E.  Born, Christine A. Gleason;  Pediatric Research, Vol 59 No 4, April 2006
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Retinal Glial Cells in Alcohol Treated Chick Embryos; by C. E. Chmielewski, J.A. Chmielewski, A. Quesada, A. Jiménez-Rubio and F.A. Prada; European Journal of Anatomy; 5(2); 2001
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Effects of a Single Dose of Ethanol on Developing Peripheral Nerve of Chick Embryos; by J. D. Chaudhuri; European Journal of Anatomy Vol 10 No 2; 2006
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Eye Malformations in Children with Heavy Alcohol Exposure in Utero; by Elizabeth Y. Flanigan, Sora Aros, Maria Ferraz Bueno, Mary Conley, James F. Troendle, Fernando Cassorla, James L. Mills; The Journal of Pediatrics; 2008
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Choline Supplementation Following Third Trimester-Equivalent Alcohol Exposure Attenuates Behavioral Alterations in Rats; by Jennifer D. Thomas, Jeremy S. Biane, Kelly A. O'Bryan, Teresa M. O'Neill, and Hector D. Dominguez; Behavioral Neuroscience Vol 121 No 1; 2007
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Effects Of Acute Prenatal Exposure To Ethanol On The Postnatal Morphology Of The Prefrontal Cortex in Wistar Rats; by Tales Alexandre Aversi Ferreira, Nadia Rubia Ferreira, Jose Oscar Rodrigues Morais and Nilson  Penha-Silva; Brazilian Journal of Morphology and Science, Vol 21 No 2; 2004
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Early Chronic Ethanol Exposure in Rats Disturbs Respiratory Network Activity and Increases Sensitivity to Ethanol; by C. Dubois, M. Naassila, M. Daoust and O. Pierrefiche;  The Journal of Physiology Vol 576 (Part 1); 2006
Ethanol Induced Alterations in the Nervous System of the Rat; by Jarno Riikonen; Academic Dissertation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tampere, Finland; 2004
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Moderate-Level Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Alters Striatal Dopamine System Function in Rhesus Monkeys; by Mary L. Schneider, Colleen F. Moore, Todd E. Barnhart, Julie A. Larson, Onofre T. DeJesus, Jogeshwar Mukherjee, Robert J. Nickles, Alexander K. Converse, Andrew D. Roberts, Gary W. Kraemer;  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Vol 29 No 9, 2005
Moderate Ethanol Consumption by the Pregnant Guinea Pig Increases Ethanol Preference in Offspring; by Kayla Shea; Master of Science Thesis; Queen's University, 2009
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The Effects Of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure On Endochondral Bone Development In The Fetal Rat; by Mary Elizabeth Snow; PhD Thesis, University of British Columbia, August 2006
Phosphodiesterase Inhibition Increases CREB Phosphorylation and Restores Orientation Selectivity in a Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders;  by Thomas E. Krahe, Weili Wang, Alexandre E. Medina; Public Library of Science (PLoS) Vol 4 No 8
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Teratogenic Effect of Beer and Palm Wine on Histology of Fetal Cerebral Cortex of Wistar Rats; by M. A. Eluwa, C. Njoku, T. B. Ekanem & A. O. Akpantah; The Internet Journal of Health Vol 9 No 1; 2009 (Nigeria)
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Role of Testosterone in Mediating Prenatal Ethanol Effects on Hypothalmic-Pituitary-Adrenal Activity in Male Rats; A thesis by Ni Lan; Neuroscience University of British Columbia; 2008
Animal Model Systems for the Study of Alcohol Teratology; by Timothy A Cudd; Experimental Biology and Medicine; Vol 6; 2005
Genesis of Alcohol-Induced Craniofacial Dysmorphism; by Kathleen K Sulik; Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol 6, 2005
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The Effect of Gestational Ethanol Exposure on Voluntary Ethanol Intake in Early Postnatal and Adult Rats; by Steven L. Youngentob, Juan C. Molina, Norman E. Spear, Lisa M. Youngentob; Behavioral Neuroscience, 2007, Vol. 121, No. 6
Binge Alcohol Exposure in the Second Trimester Attenuates Fetal Cerebral Blood Flow Response to Hypoxia; by Dennis E. Mayock, Dana Ness, Robin L. Mondares and Christine A. Gleason; Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 102; 2007
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Experience-Induced Fetal Plasticity:The Effect of Gestational Ethanol Exposure on the Behavioral and Neurophysiologic Olfactory Response to Ethanol Odor in Early Postnatal and Adult Rats; by Steven L. Youngentob, Juan C. Molina, Norman E. Spear, Lisa M. Youngentob; Behavioral Neuroscience, 2007, Vol. 121, No. 6
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Ethanol Impairs Monosaccharide Uptake And Glycosylation In Cultured Rat Astrocytes; by M. Tomas, E. Fornas, L. Megias, J.-M. Duran, M. Portoles, C. Guerri, G. Egea, J. Renau-Piqueras;  Journal of Neurochemistry, Vol 83, 2002
What Effects Can Be Expected of Prenatal Ethanol Exposure in Pregnant Mice and Their Offspring?; by Hermann Grinfeld; Einstein Vol 2 No 3; 2004
Rapid Induction of Apoptosis in Gastrulating Mouse Embryos by Ethanol and Its Prevention by HB-EGF; by Brian A. Kilburn, Po Jen Chiang, Jun Wang, George R. Flentke, Susan M. Smith, and D. Randall Armant;  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Vol. 30, No. 1,  2006
Pups in Cups Study in Albino Rats; by  Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Zahoor Janjua; Pakistan Journal Medical Research Vol 43 No 4; 2004 (Pakistan)
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Effect of the Perinatal Alcohol Abuse on the Development of Neuronal Population in the Hippocampus; by  Milotová M., Riljak V., Langmeier M., Mareaová D., Jandová K., Pokorný J., Trojan;  Prague Medical Report Vol 106 No 1; 2005
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The Effects of Alcohol Exposure During Intrauterine and Postnatal Period on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Growth and Body Weight in Rats' Virgin Offspring; by Kadir Ertem, Ersoy Kekilli, Nurzat Elmali, Feti Ceylan; European Journal of General Medicine Vol 3 No 2; 2006
Fetal Testosterone Surge: Specific Modulations Induced in Male Rats by Maternal Stress and/or Alcohol Consumption; by  Ingeborg L. Ward, O. Byron Ward, John D. Affuso, William D. Long III, Jeffrey A. French and Shelton E. Hendricks; Hormones and Behavior Vol 43; 2003
Difluoromethylornithine Decreases Long-Lasting Protein Oxidation Induced by Neonatal Ethanol Exposure in the Hippocampus of Adolescent Rats; by Carlos Fernando Mello, Maribel Antonello Rubin, Rukhsana Sultana, Susan Barron, John Martin Littleton, and D. Allan Butterfield; Alcoholism: Clinical And Experimental Research, Vol. 31, No. 5 May 2007
Determining the Effects of Alcohol on the 5-Day Chicken Embryo Heart Rate; Colin McKenna; Penn State University; 2006
Myelin Degeneration in Peripheral Nerve in Chick Embryos Following Continuous Ethanol Exposure During Early Gestational Period: A Preliminary Report; by  Joydeep D. Chaudhuri; Neuroanatomy Vol 5; 2006
Growth Rate of Bones in Rat Foetal Alcohol Syndrome; by  Innocent Chima Nwaogu; Veterinarski Archives Vol 72 No 2; 2002
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Prenatal Stress, Moderate Fetal Alcohol, and Dopamine System Function in Rhesus Monkeys; by A.D. Roberts, C.F. Moore, O.T. DeJesus, T.E. Barnhartb, J.A. Larsond, J. Mukherjeef, R.J. Nicklesb, M.J. Schuellerb, S.E. Sheltona, M.L. Schneider; Neurotoxicology and Teratology Vol 26; 2004
Ethanol Induced Death of Postnatal Hippocampal Neurons; by Krista L. Moulder, Tao Fu, Heidi Melbostad, Robert J. Cormier, Keith E. Isenberg, Charles F. Zorumski, Steven Mennerick; Neurobiology of Disease Vol 10; 2002
Ethanol Induced Apoptotic Neurodegeneration and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; by C. Ikonomidou, P. Bittigau, M. J. Ishimaru, D. F. Wozniak,  C. Koch, K. Genz,  M.  T. Price,  V. Stefovska,  F. Horster, T. Tenkova,  K. Dikranian,  J. W. Olney;  Science; Volume 287, 2000
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Fetal Alcohol Exposure Impairs Alveolar Macrophage Function via Decreased Glutathione Availability; by T. W. Gauthier, XIAO-DU Ping, F. L. Harris, M. Wong, H. Elbahesh and L. A. S. Brown; Pediatric research Vol 57 No 1; 2005
Pre-Conception Practices Among Family Physicians and Obstetrician-Gynaecologists: Results from a National Survey; by Suzanne C. Tough, PhD,1,2,3 Margaret Clarke, Matt Hicks, Jocelynn Cook; Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC) 2006
Effect of Perinatal Alcohol Exposure on Ibotenic Acid-Induced Excitotoxic Cortical Lesions in Newborn Hamsters; by C. Adde-Michel, O. Hennebert, V. Laudenbach, S. Marret and P. Lerour; Pediatric Research, Vol 57 No 2, 2005
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Exposure To Low And Moderate Doses Of Alcohol On Late Gestation Modifies Infantile Response To And Preference For Alcohol In Rats; by  Gabriela Chotro and Carlos Arias; Ann ist Super Sanità; 2006, Vol. 42, No. 1
Animal Models Of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; by Vivienne A Russell, Terje Sagvolden, Espen Borgå Johansen;  Behavioral and Brain Functions; Vol 1 No 9; 2005
Detection of in vivo DNA Damage Induced by Ethanol in Multiple Organs of Pregnant Mice Using the Alkaline Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis (Comet) Assay; by Ryoko Kido Itaru Sato And Shuji Tsuda;  Journal of Veterinary Medical Science; Vol. 68, No. 1 January 2006
Nicotinamide Protects Against Ethanol-Induced Apoptotic Neurodegeneration in the Developing Mouse Brain; by Alessandro Ieraci, Daniel G. Herrera; Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medical Journal  3(4), 2006
Nicotinamide: A Way to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?; by Public Library of Science  (PLoS) Medicine. April 2006
SYMPOSIUM: Animal Model Systems for the Study of Alcohol Teratology;  by Timothy A. Cudd, Texas A&M University; Symposium on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - AACBNC,  2005; Experimental Biology and Medicine (2005);
The Relationship Between Formal And Informal Reasoning;  by Eyvind Ohm; PhD Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, 2005
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The Role of Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons and the Effects on Central  and Peripheral Dopamine Agonists on Fear Motivation as Measured by the Potentiated Acoustic Startle Reflex in Rats; by Thomas Borowski; Dissertation in Psychology, University of Saskatchewan; 1997
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Ethanol Induces Cell-Cycle Activity And Reduces Stem Cell Diversity To Alter Both Regenerative Capacity And Differentiation Potential Of Cerebral Cortical Neuroepithelial Precursors; by D. R. Santillano, L. S. Kumar, T. L. Prock, C. Camarillo, J. D. Tingling, R. C. Miranda; BMC Neuroscience 2005
Symposia:  General Discussion at the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Symposium;  by F. C. Zhou, J. R. West and C. A. Blake; Experimental Biology and Medicine 2005
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Effect Of Ethanol Exposure On Xenopus Embryo Lipid Composition; by C. Lindi, G. Montorfano, F. Rossi, R. Gornati, A. M. Rizzo; Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 36, No. 5, 2001
Hippocampal Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Guinea Pig:  Otogeny and Effects of Chronic Prenatal Ethanol Exposure in the Near Term Fetus; thesis by Karen Kimura, Queen's University; 1999
The Effects Of Ethanol And Silymarin Treatment During Gestation On Spatial Working Memory; by S. Neese, L. La Grange, E. Trujillo, D. Romero; BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Vol 4 No 4; 2004
Prenatal Choline Supplementation Advances Hippocampal Development And Enhances MAPK And CREB Activation;  by T. J. Mellott, C. L. Williams, W. H. Meck, J. K. Blusztajn;  The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB); 2004
Dietary Prenatal Choline Supplementation Alters Postnatal Hippocampal Structure and Function; by Q. Li, S. Guo-Ross, D. V. Lewis, D. Turner, A. M. White, W. A. Wilson and H. S. Swartzwelder; Journal of Neurophysiology Vol 91; 2004
Feeding Of Soy Protein Isolate To Rats During Pregnancy And Lactation Suppresses Formation Of Aberrant Crypt Foci In Their Progeny's Colons: Interaction Of Diet With Fetal Alcohol Exposure;  by A. L. Linz, R. Xiao, J. G. Parker, P. M. Simpson, T. M. Badger & F. A. Simmen; Journal of Carcinogenesis, Vol 3 No 14; 2004
Eyeblink Classical Conditioning and Interpositus Nucleus Activity Are Disrupted in Adult Rats Exposed to Ethanol as Neonates; J. T. Green, T. B. Johnson, C. R. Goodlett,  J. E. Steinmetz; Learning & Memory, Vol 9 No 5; 2002
Protection From Ethanol-Induced Limb Malformations By The Superoxide Dismutase/Catalase Mimetic, EUK-134; byS.-yu Chen, D. B. Dehart, K. K. Sulik; FASEB Journal; 2004
Chronic Ethanol Exposure Increases Microtubule Content In PC12 Cells; by C. K. Reiter-Funk, D. P. Dohrman; BMC Neuroscience; 2005
Cross-talk Between Phosphatidic Acid And Ceramide During Ethanol-Induced Apoptosis In Astrocytes; by B. Schatter, S. Jin, K. Löffelholz, J. Klein; BMC Pharmacology; 2005
Theory For Normal And Impaired Experience Dependent Plasticity In Neocortex Of Adult Rats;  L. Benusková , V. Rema, M. Armstrong-James & F. F. Ebner;  PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol 98 No 5; 2001
Prenatal Stress Alters Cardiovascular Responses in Adult Rats; by N. Igosheva, O. Klimova, T. Anishchenko and V. Glover; Journal of Physiology Vol 557 No 1; 2004
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Reduced Uteroplacental Blood Flow Alters Renal Arterial Reactivity and Glomerular Properties in the Rat Offspring; by M. W. Sanders, G. E. Fazzi, Ger M.J. Janssen, P. W. de Leeuw, C. E. Blanco, Jo G.R. De Mey; Hypertension; 2004
Perinatal Iron Deficiency Alters the Neurochemical Profile of the Developing Rat Hippocampus;  by R. Rao, I. Tkac, E. L. Townsend, R. Gruetter and M. K. Georgieff; Journal of Applied Physiology; 2003
Chronic Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Impairs Conditioned Responding and Enhances GABA Release in the Hippocampus of the Adult Guinea Pig; by M. L. Hayward, A. E. Martin, J. F. Brien, H. C. Dringenberg, M. C. Olmstead, and J. N. Reynolds; Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Vol 308 No 2; 2004
Fetal Alcohol Exposure Alters Neurosteroid Modulation of Hippocampal N-Methyl D-aspartate Receptors; by E. T. Costa, D. S. Olivera, D. A. Meyer, V. M. M. Ferreira, E. E. Soto, S. Frausto, D. D. Savage, M. D. Browning, C. F. Valenzuela;  The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol 275 No 49; 2000
Catalase and Peroxiredoxin 5 Protect Xenopus Embryos against Alcohol-Induced Ocular Anomalies; by Y. Peng, P.-H. Yang, Y. Guo, S. S. M. Ng, J. Liu, P. C. W. Fung, D. Tay, J. Ge, M.-L. He, H.-fu Kung, M. C. Lin; Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Vol 45 No1; 2004
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Glucose Intolerance and Resistin Expression in Rat Offspring Exposed to Ethanol in Utero: Modulation by Postnatal High-Fat Diet; by Li Chen and B. L. G. Nyomba; Endocrinology 2003
DRD2 Gene Transfer into the Nucleus Accumbens Core of the Alcohol Preferring and Nonpreferring Rats Attenuates Alcohol Drinking; by P. K. Thanos, N. B. Taintor, S.N. Rivera, H. Umegaki, H. Ikari, G. Roth, D. K. Ingram, R. Hitzemann, J. S. Fowler, S. J. Gatley, G.-J. Wang, N. D. Volkow;  Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research Vol 28 No. 5; 2004
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Whole Body Insulin Resistance in Rat offspring of Mothers Consuming Alcohol During Pregnancy; by Li Chen and B. L. Grégoire Nyomba;  Journal of Applied Physiology; 2004
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Vascular Function in Alcohol-treated Pregnant and Non Pregnant Mice; by J. L. Cook, Y. Zhang, S. T. Davidge;  The American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 281;2001
Differential Display Identifies Neuroendocrine Specific Protein-A (NSP-A) and Interferon-inducible Protein 10 (IP-10) as Ethanol-responsive Genes in the Fetal Rat Brain; by Jun Yang, R. Thomas Zoeller; Developmental Brain Research 138; 2002
Sexually Dimorphic Effects of Maternal Alcohol Intake and Adrenalectomy on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Rat Offspring; by J. Slone Wilcoxon, J. Schwartz, F. Aird, and E. E. Redei;  The American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism; 285: E31-E39, 2003
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Alterations In Premplantation In Vivo Development After Preconceptional Chronic Moderate Alcohol Consumption In Female Mice;   by E. Cebral, A. Lasserre, V. Rettori and M. A. de Gimeno; Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 35, No. 4
Second Generation Effects of Maternal Alcohol Consumption on Immunity to Trichinella Spiralis in Female Rats;  L. L. Seelig, Jr., W. M. Steven and G. L. Stewart; Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol 34 No 4; 1999
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Effects of Chronic Ethanol Exposure on Neurophysiological Responses to Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Neuropeptide Y;  by C. J. Slawecki, C. Somes and C. L. Ehlers; Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol 34  No. 3; 1999
Maternal Adrenalectomy Alters the Immune and Endocrine Functions of Fetal Alcohol-Exposed male Offspring; by E. Redei, I. Halasz, L.-Fang Li, M. B. Prystowsky, F. Aird; Endocrinology Volume 133 No 2; 1993
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Corticotropin-releasing Hormone and Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression is Altered Selectively in the Male Rat Fetal Thymus by Maternal Alcohol Consumption; by S. Revskoy, I. Halasz, E. Redei; Endocrinology Vol 138 No 1; 1997
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Effects of Enriched Environment Rearing on Impairments in Cortical Excitability and Plasticity after Prenatal Alcohol Exposure; V. Rema and Ford F. Ebner; The Journal of Neuroscience; 1999
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Alcohol Deters the Outgrowth of Serotonergic Neurons at Midgestation; by Youssef Sari Teresa Powrozek Feng C. Zhou; Journal of Biomedical Science; 2001
Influence of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Myocardial Contractile Function in Adult Rat Hearts: Role of Intracellular Calcium and Apoptosis;  by J. Ren, L. E. Wold, M. Natavio, B. H. Ren, J. H. Hannigan and R. A. Brown;  Alcohol & Alcoholism Volume 37 No 1; 2002
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Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Does Not Affect Radial Maze Learning and Hippocampal Mossy Fibre Sizes in Three inbred Strains of Mouse; by F. Sluyter, L. Jamot, J. Bertholet and W. E. Crusio; Behavioural and Brain Functions; 2005
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Skeletal Anomalies in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Study on Developing Mice Embryos; by Mishra, S.R., Sahai, A., Srivastava, A.K., Agrawal, A.K., Singh, P.J., Mishra, R.K.; Journal Of The Anatomical Society of India 52(1) 51-54 (2003)
Differential Affects of Alcohol Antagonism and Neuroprotection in Peptide Fragment NAPVSIPQ Prevention of Ethanol Induced Developmental Toxicity; by Michael F. Wilkemeyer, Shao-yu Chen, Carrie E. Menkari, Douglas E. Brenneman, Kathleen K. Sulik and Michael E. Charness; PNAS, 2003, vol. 100, no. 14
Octanol Antagonism of Ethanol Teratogenesis; by Shao-Yu Chen, Michael F. Wilkemeyer, Kathleen K. Sulik, and Michael E. Charness;  The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, FASEB., 15(9); 2001
Iron Mediated Free Radical Injury in Ethanol Exposed Mouse Neural Crest Cells; by Shao-Yu Chen and Kathleen K. Sulik;  Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Volume 294 No 1; 2000
Ethanol Antagonist Peptides: Structural Specificity Without Stereospecificity; by M. F. Wilkemeyer, S. Chen, C. E. Menkari, K. K. Sulik, and M. E. Charness; Journal Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Volume 309 No 3; 2004
Effects of Ethanol on Glial Cell Proliferation: Relevance to the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; by M. Guizzetti, M. Catlin, and L. G. Costa; Frontiers in Bioscience 2, e93-98; 1997
Inhibition of Ethanol Neurotoxicity by Treatment with Growth Factors and Estrogen; by Jason A. Zell, M.S., Jeremy R. Montague, Ph.D., Tomas F. Lopez, B.S., and Laura M. Mudd*, Ph.D.  McGill Journal of Medicine MJM; 1999
Chronic Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Induced Decrease of Huinea Pig Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cell and Cerebellar Purkinje Cell Density;  by Tara N. McGoey, James N. Reynolds, and James F. Brien; Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Vol 81; 2003
Postnatal Development of Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Liver and Intestine of Rats Exposed to Ethanol In Utero; by Sonali Bhalla, Kamaljit Kaur, Akhtar Mahmood & Safrun Mahmood; Indian Journal of Medical Research  (IJMR)  121; 2005
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Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide Protects Rat Cerebellar Granule Neurons Against Ehtanol Induced Apoptotic Cell Death; by D. Vaudry, C. Rousselle, M. Basille, A. Falluel-Morel, T.  F. Pamantung, M. Fontaine, A. Fournier, H. Vaudry, and B.  J. Gonzalez; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Volume 99, No 9; 2002
Ethanol, Oxidative Stress Reactive Aldeydes and the Fetus;  by G. I. Henderson, J. Chen and S. Schenker; Frontiers in Biosceince, 4; 1999
Opthalmic Involvement in the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: by K. Strömland and M. D. Pinazo-Durán; Clinical and Animal Studies; Alcohol & Alcoholism Volume 37, No1; 2002
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In Utero Ethanol Suppresses Cerebellar Activator Protein-1 and Nuclear Factor-kB Transcriptional Activation in a Rate Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Model; by G. K. Acquaah-Mensah, J. P. Kehrer and S. W. Leslie; The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental therapeutics; 2002
Magnetic Resonance Imagining and Spectroscopy in Fetal Alcohol Exposed Macaca Nemestrina; by Susan J. Astley, Edward Weinberger, Dennis W. W. Shaw, Todd L. Richards, Sterling K. Clarren;  Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol 17 No 5; 1995
Neonatal Ethanol Exposure Produces a Hyperalgesia that Extends into Adolescence, and is Associated with Increased Analgesic and Rewarding Properties of Nicotine Rats, by Denis T. Rogers, Susan Barron, and John M. Littleton. Pscyhopharmacology (2004).
Animal Models for the Genetic Study of Human Alcohol Phenotypes, by Tamara Phillips.  Alcohol Research & Health (2002).
Genetic Factors Involved in the Effects of Developmental Low-Level Alcohol Induced Behavioral Alterations in Rats, by Raffaele Cagiano et al. Neuropsychopharmacology (2002).  
Differential Time Course of Loss of Guinea Pig Cerebellar Purkinje Cells and Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cells Produced by Chronic Prenatal Ethanol Exposure and the Role of Apoptosis, by Tara Nadine McGoey. A  Master Thesis, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology: Queens University (2001).
Alcohol, Antidepressants, and Circadian Rhythms: Human and Animal Models, by Alan M. Rosenwasser. Alcohol Research & Health  (2001).
Behavioral Changes in Adult C57BL/6J Mice Following Prenatal Exposure to Ethanol.  A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, by Kevin W. Nunley.  East Tennessee State University  (December 2001).
Prevention of Fetal Demise and Growth Restriction in a Mouse Model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, by  Catherine Y. Spong, Daniel T. Abebe, Illana Gozes, Douglas E. Brenneman, and Joanna M. Hill.   Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (2001).
Amphetamine Normalizes the Electrical Activity of Dopamine Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area Following Prenatal Ethanol Exposure, by Changqing Xu and Roh-Yu Shen.  Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (2001).
Effects of Prenatal Ethanol Exposure and Postnatal Handling on Cognition/Behavior and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Stress Responsiveness in Sprague-Dawley Rats.  By Kara Irene Gabriel. A  Doctoral Thesis, Dept. of Psychology University of British Columbia (2000).  
Effects of Pregnancy and Progesterone on the Consumption of Ethanol by the High Ethanol Preferring (HEP) Rat, by Jason R. Wolfe, Larry W. Means, and Brian A McMillen.  Alcohol & Alcoholism (2000).
Recent Animal Models of Alcoholism, by Rainer Spanagel.  Alcohol Research & Health (2000).
Animal Models in Alcohol Research, by Boris Tabakoff and Paula L. Hoffman.  Alcohol Research & Health (2000).
Animal Models of Alcohol's Motivational Effects, by C. Cunningham, T. Fiddler, K. Hill.  Alcohol Research & Health (2000).
Modeling Adolescent Development and Alcohol Use in Animals, by Linda Spear.  Alcohol Research & Health (2000).
Modeling Alcohol's Effects on Organs in Animal Models, by Biddanda C. Ponnappa and Emanuel Rubin.  Alcohol Research & Health (2000).
Selected Lines and Inbred Strains: Tools Involved in the Hunt for Genes Involved in Alcoholism, by Nicholas J. Grahame.  Alcohol Research & Health  (2000).
Central Control of Fetal Breathing Movements: Hypoxnia and Ethanol Exposure, by Carole Susan Watson.  A Doctoral Thesis, Department of Physiology, The University of Western Ontario (1998).
Effects of Prenatal Ethanol Exposure on Cognitive/Behavior and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Stress Response in Adult Rats. By Chang Kwon Kim.  A Doctoral Thesis, Dept. of Neuroscience, University of British Columbia (1998).
Teratogenicity of Ethanol in Different Chicken Strains, by Stephanie R. Bupp Becker and Ivan A. Shibley.  Alcohol and Alcoholism (1998).

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