Early undernutrition decreases the number of neurons in the locus coeruleus of rats

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 233-239

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Locus coeruleus; Perinatal undernutrition; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENDER BIAS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845780621     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10284150600937873     Document Type: Article

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