Alcohol
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 75-81 , February 2002

Influence of prenatal ethanol exposure on vascular contractile response in rat thoracic aorta

  • Leigh-Anne Turcotte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, 501 N. Columbia Road, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA
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  • Nicholas S Aberle II

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, 501 N. Columbia Road, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA
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  • Faye L Norby

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, 501 N. Columbia Road, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA
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  • Guei-Jane Wang

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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  • Jun Ren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, 501 N. Columbia Road, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-701-777-3916; fax: +1-701-777-4490.(J. Ren)

Received 1 August 2001 ,Revised 15 October 2001 ,Accepted 22 October 2001.

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Alcohol
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