Postnatal changes of brain monoamine levels in prenatally malnourished and control rats

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-263

  Chen, Jin Chung ^a   Turiak, Gyorgy ^b,c   Galler, Janina ^c   Volicer, Ladislav ^b,d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dopamine; Malnutrition; Norepinephrine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HIPPOCAMPUS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030919138     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(96)00121-9     Document Type: Article

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