Cannabinoids Exacerbate Alcohol-Induced Brain Defects. (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Cannabinoids Exacerbate Alcohol-Induced Brain Defects.

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Images are stained sections of fetal mouse brains. (Left) The brain of a control mouse. (Right) The brain of a mouse exposed to alcohol and a cannabinoid on the 8th day of pregnancy. Note the enlarged cerebral ventricle caused by the loss of the midline septal region (black arrow).

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