Neuroanatomical effects of chronic ethanol consumption on dorsomedial and anterior thalamic nuclei and on substantia innominata in mice.
Quantitative analysis, using histological sections, showed that chronic ethanol consumption for 7 months produced a weak but significant cellular loss in the dorsomedial thalamic nucleus, anterior thalamus and substantia innominata in the mouse. These results are in agreement with patterns of neuroanatomical damage observed in human alcoholics.
D000818:Animals; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D013377:Substantia Innominata / Q000187:drug effects*; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects*
D000431:Ethanol