Postnatal dietary choline supplementation alters behavior in a mouse model of Rett syndrome

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 473-480

  Nag, Nupur ^a   Berger Sweeney, Joanne E ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Mecp2; Rotor rod

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; DRINKING WATER; SACCHARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GRIP STRENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECP2 1LOX GENE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHOLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETT SYNDROME; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147152838     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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