Effects of undernutrition on glutamatergic parameters in the cerebral cortex of young rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 580-585

  Rotta, Liane N ^a,b,c   Leszczinski, Daniel N ^b   Brusque, Ana M ^a   Pereira, Patrícia ^b   Brum, Lucimar F S ^b   Nogueira, Cristina W ^d   Frizzo, Marcos E S ^a   Perry, Marcos L S ^a   Souza, Diogo O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioral parameters; Glutamatergic system; Rats; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM; TRITIUM;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 45149106326     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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