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Assessing Teratogenic Changes in a Zebrafish Model of Fetal Alcohol Exposure
Published on: March 20, 2012
Neural tube defects in early rat embryos following maternal treatment with ethanol and caffeine
1Department of Anatomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Abstract:
Alcohol and caffeine consumption during pregnancy are risk factors for fetal outcome. Their combined effects on the early development of the central nervous system were investigated in the rat. Neuralation was severely affected, resulting in a wide spectrum of developmental defects.

