Neonatal Ethanol Exposure Alters bcl‐2 Family mRNA Levels in the Rat Cerebellar Vermis

Abstract

These data implicate altered expression of proapoptotic members of the bcl-2 gene family in acute ethanol-mediated cerebellar cell death during the first postnatal week. They also suggest that the differential survival of cerebellar neurons after ethanol exposure during more mature developmental stages may be related to more successful suppression of proapoptotic processes.