Dietary Prenatal Choline Supplementation Alters Postnatal Hippocampal Structure and Function

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1545-1555

  Li, Qiang ^a,b   Guo Ross, Shirley ^a,b   Lewis, Darrell V ^b   Turner, Dennis ^a,b   White, Aaron M ^a,b   Wilson, Wilkie A ^a,b   Swartzwelder, H Scott ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CHOLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 1542406042     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00785.2003     Document Type: Article

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