Summary
Nuclear rods and sheets are described in neurons from the cerebellar cortex of rats alcoholized through ingestion of a 20 % aqueous ethanol solution over a period of 90 and 180 days. An eventual relationship between these nuclear inclusions and alcoholization is advanced.
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Tavares, M.A., Paula-Barbosa, M.M. Cerebellar intranuclear inclusions in chronically alcoholized rats. Cell Tissue Res. 216, 227–230 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00234558
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