Behavioral effects of prenatal folate deficiency in mice

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-252

  Ferguson, Sherry A ^a   Berry, Kimberly J ^a   Hansen, Deborah K ^a   Wall, Kelly S ^a   White, Gene ^a   Antony, Asok C ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior, anxiety; Central nervous system; Deficiency; Folic acid; Mice

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FORELIMB; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RIGHTING REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 18144424372     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20111     Document Type: Article

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