Effects of mild protein prenatal malnutrition and subsequent postnatal nutritional rehabilitation on noradrenaline release and neuronal density in the rat occipital cortex

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-58

  Soto Moyano, Ruben ^a   Fernandez, Victor ^b   Sanhueza, Miguel ^b   Belmar, Jorge ^c   Kusch, Claudia ^c   Perez, Hernan ^a   Ruiz, Samuel ^a   Hernandez, Alejandro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Developmental protein malnutrition; Histogenetic gradient; Neuronal density; Noradrenaline release; Nutritional rehabilitation; Occipital cortex; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; LACTATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032786564     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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