The effect of alcohol on postntal development of corpus collosum in albino rats

Abstract

This study has been designed to determine whether prcnalal and postnatal moderate consumption of ethanol would induce corpus callosum defects in rats, this will reflect the severity of cortical damage. Pregnant female rats were isolated and divided into two groups, experimental group which given 10'? a alcohol in drinking water and die other group is a control group. A tola) number of runty si\ rat were used in this study. The animais in both group? were sacrificed at these ages 0,5,10.:QJO and 60 days postnatahY