A maternal methyl-containing diet alters learning ability in the Morris swimming test in adult rats

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 425-428

  Plyusnina, I Z ^a   Os'kina, I N ^a   Shchepina, O A ^a   Prasolova, L A ^a   Trut, L N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Choline; Maternal methyl containing diet; Morris test anxiety; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; METHYL GROUP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MAZE TEST; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RANK SUM TEST; RAT; SWIMMING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BETAINE; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LACTATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; METHYLATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34249105493     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: 1573899X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11055-007-0030-7     Document Type: Article

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