Effect of zinc supplementation of pregnant rats on short-term & long-term memory of their offspring

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-409

  Ali, Moazedi Ahmad ^a   Ghotbeddin, Z ^a   Parham, G H ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gestation; Memory; Offspring; Rat; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEEDING; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SUPPLEMENTATION; TIME; WISTAR RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34347358649     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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