Undernutrition and food rehabilitation effects on the locus coeruleus in the rat

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1417-1420

  Pinos, Helena ^a   Collado, Paloma ^a   Salas, Manuel ^b   Pérez Torrero, Esther ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Food rehabilitation; Locus coeruleus; Perinatal undernutrition; Rat; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; EATING; FEMALE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEANING;

EID: 3142762915     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000132772.64590.99     Document Type: Article

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