Alcohol
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 117-125 , June 2000

Effects of chronic ethanol exposure on acetaldehyde and free radical production by astrocytes in culture

  • H Eysseric

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie (Pr G. Bessard). CHU de Grenoble, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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  • B Gonthier

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Biologie du Stress Oxydant (Pr A. Favier, Menrt JE no. 538), CHU de Grenoble, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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  • A Soubeyran

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Biologie du Stress Oxydant (Pr A. Favier, Menrt JE no. 538), CHU de Grenoble, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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  • M.J Richard

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Biologie du Stress Oxydant (Pr A. Favier, Menrt JE no. 538), CHU de Grenoble, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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  • D Daveloose

      Affiliations

    • Service de Biophysique, Centre de Recherche du Service de Santé des Armées, BP 87, 38702 La Tronche Cedex, France
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  • L Barret

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Biologie du Stress Oxydant (Pr A. Favier, Menrt JE no. 538), CHU de Grenoble, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fédération de Toxicologie Clinique et Biologique, CHU de Grenoble, 38 043 Grenoble Cedex, France. Tel.: +33-4-7676-5783; fax: +33-4-7676-5177

Received 6 August 1999 ,Revised 4 January 2000 ,Accepted 5 January 2000.

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