Soyabean fortification and enrichment of regular and quality protein maize tortillas affects brain development and maze performance of rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-168

  Amaya Guerra, Carlos ^a   Serna Saldívar, Sergio O ^b   Alanis Guzman, Maria Guadalupe ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brain development; Enrichment and fortification; Maize tortillas; Morris maze; Quality protein maize; Soyabean meal

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID; IRON; LYSINE; MYELIN; NICOTINIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRYPTOPHAN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD INTAKE; GENE LOCATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAIZE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOYBEAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; LEARNING; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33746664189     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20061804     Document Type: Article

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