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Recent findings on the mechanisms by which alcohol damages the developing nervous system
1Department of Human Anatomy and Medical Neurobiology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station 77843-1114, USA.
Alcohol and Alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). Supplement
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
General etiologic categories related to possible mechanisms of fetal alcohol-induced brain damage are explored. Possible general mechanisms include alterations in protein synthesis, prostaglandins, gangliosides, hypoxia and free radical damage. A multiple systems cascade is presented to illustrate how multiple mechanisms could act together to produce a variety of effects.