Hyperhomocysteinemia due to short-term folate deprivation is related to electron microscopic changes in the rat brain

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3418-3421

  Kim, Ji Myung ^a   Lee, Hwayoung ^a   Chang, Namsoo ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral microvascular wall; Folate deprivation; Hyperhomocysteinemia; Neurotoxicity; Rats

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036845131     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.11.3418     Document Type: Article

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