Mild prenatal protein malnutrition increases α2C- adrenoceptor density in the cerebral cortex during postnatal life and impairs neocortical long-term potentiation and visuo-spatial performance in rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1099-1109

  Soto Moyano, Rubén ^a   Valladares, Luis ^a   Sierralta, Walter ^a   Pérez, Hernán ^a   Mondaca, Mauricio ^a   Fernández, Victor ^b   Burgos, Héctor ^c   Hernández, Alejandro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

2C adrenoceptor; Long term potentiation; Neocortex; Protein malnutrition; Visuo spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2C ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FRONTAL CORTEX; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALNUTRITION; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 20144362947     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03094.x     Document Type: Article

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