Taurine administration during lactation modifies hippocampal CA1 neurotransmission and behavioural programming in adult male mice

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 491-497

  Franconi, F ^a,d   Diana, G ^b   Fortuna, A ^b   Galietta, G ^b   Trombetta, G ^b,c   Valentini, G ^b   Seghieri, G ^c   Loizzo, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Spedali Riuniti ^*  (Italy)

^d GioIA Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze test; Forced swimming test; Hippocampus; Neonatal stress; Nociception tests; Taurine

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HOT PLATE TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; LACTATION; LEARNING; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL PAIN; STRESS; SWIMMING; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAURINE;

EID: 3042711942     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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