Maternal zinc deficiency reduces NMDA receptor expression in neonatal rat brain, which persists into early adulthood

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 510-519

  Chowanadisai, Winyoo ^a   Kelleher, Shannon L ^a   Lönnerdal, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Infant nutrition; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophins; Polysialic acid neural cell adhesion molecule; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; POLYSIALIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIALIC ACIDS; ZINC;

EID: 22244443650     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03246.x     Document Type: Article

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