Gestational vitamin B deficiency leads to homocysteine-associated brain apoptosis and alters neurobehavioral development in rats

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 667-679

  Blaise, Sébastien A ^a   Nédélec, Emmanuelle ^a   Schroeder, Henri ^b   Alberto, Jean Marc ^a   Bossenmeyer Pourié, Carine ^a   Guéant, Jean Louis ^a   Daval, Jean Luc ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYL GROUP; PROTEIN P53; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; SCORING SYSTEM; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WEANING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33947538533     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2007.060339     Document Type: Article

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