- Original Article
- Effect of maternal thyroxine treatment on the offspring's brain development with fetal alcohol effects in the rats
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Jin Fu, Yoon Young Chung, Sang Kee Park
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2006;49(6):677-685. Published online June 15, 2006
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Purpose : This study aimed to investigate whether exogenous thyroxine(T4) treatment to alcohol-fed dams would ameliorate the detrimental effects of alcohol on the postnatal development of neuropeptide-Y(NPY)-containing neurons of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of the offspring.
Methods : Time-pregnant rats were divided into three groups. An alcohol-fed group A received 35 calories of liquid alcohol diet daily from gestation day... |
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