Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2003Vol. 100pp. -
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Abstract
A major pathogenic mechanism of chronic alcoholism involves oxidative burden to liver and other cell types. We show that adult neurogenesis within the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is selectively impaired in a rat model of alcoholism, and that it can be completely prevented by the antioxidant ebs …