Feeding with powdered diet after weaning increases visuospatial ability in association with increases in the expression of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the hippocampus of female rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-175

  Takase, Kenkichi ^a   Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Mogi, Kazutaka ^a   Mitsushima, Dai ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a,b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding condition; Hippocampus; mRNA; Open field test; Radial 8 arm maze; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAZE TEST; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DIET; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; POWDERS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WEANING;

EID: 24044441250     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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