Mechanisms of alcohol damage in utero / / editors, Ruth Porter, Maeve O'Connor, Julie Whelan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144665403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Pitman; Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co., Medical Education Division, 1984
• ISBN: 1-280-78412-1; 9786613694515; 0-470-72086-7; 0-470-71856-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 105
• Altri autori (Persone): PorterRuth; O'ConnorMaeve; WhelanJulie
• Disciplina: 618.3/268
• Soggetti: Fetal alcohol syndrome; Fetus - Effect of drugs on; Alcoholism in pregnancy; Pathology, Experimental
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Editors, Ruth Porter (organizer), Maeve O'Connor, and Julie Whelan"--P. v.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Mechanisms of alcohol damage in utero; Contents; Chairman's introduction: what do we know of the mechanisms of alcohol damage in utero?; Prenatal and early postnatal exposure to ethanol permanently alters the rat hippocampus; Discussion; Effects of alcohol on functional development of the auditory pathway in the brainstem of infants and chick embryos; Discussion; Altered stress responsiveness in adult rats exposed to ethanol in utero: neuroendocrine mechanisms; Discussion; General discussion I; Neuronal migration; Fetal breathing; Interaction of ethanol with neural cells in culture: a model of intoxication, tolerance and withdrawal Discussion; Growth, enzymes and hormonal changes in offspring of alcohol-fed rats; Discussion; Interactions between trace elements and alcohol in rats; Discussion; ; Critical periods for alcohol teratogenesis in mice, with special reference to the gastrulation stage of embryogenesis; Discussion; Range of alcohol-induced damage in the developing central nervous system; Discussion; Measures of alcohol damage in utero in the pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina); Discussion; General discussion 2 Are results from different animal models consistent'? Alcohol exposure in utero and functional deficits in children during the first four years of life; Discussion; Clinical, psychopathological and developmental aspects in children with the fetal alcohol syndrome: a four-year follow-up study; Discussion; Growth of rat embryos in the serum of alcohol drinkers; Discussion; General discussion 3 What do we want from animal models?; Effects of moderate alcohol consumption and smoking on fetal outcome; Discussion; Preventing fetal alcohol effects: effectiveness of a demonstration project Discussion; Final general discussion; Prenatal diagnosis and counselling; Ethanol and teratogenic mechanisms; The importance of understanding the mechanism of alcohol damage to the brain in utero; Index of contributors; Subject index