Corn feeding during development induces changes in the number of serotonergic neurons in the raphe nuclei

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-22

  Orozco Suárez, Sandra ^a   Del Angel, Alma Rosa ^b   Beas Zárate, Carlos ^b   Manjarrrez, Gabriel ^a   Feria Velasco, Alfredo ^c  

^a Hospital Especialidades   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA DE OCCIDENTE   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Development; Raphe nuclei; Serotonin; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DEVELOPMENT; FEEDING; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; STEREOMETRY;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, INBRED WF; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 12244280802     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(02)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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