The effect of starvation on brain carnitine concentration in neonatal rats

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-387

  Murakami, Ryusuke ^a   Tanaka, Akiyoshi ^b   Nakamura, Hajime ^b  

^a Department of Urology   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Carnitine; Neonatal rat; Starvation

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; LIPID METABOLISM; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARNITINE; FATTY ACIDS; HEART; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARVATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030983840     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199710000-00004     Document Type: Article

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