Perinatal choline deficiency produces abnormal sensory inhibition in Sprague-Dawley rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1237, Issue , 2008, Pages 84-90

  Stevens, Karen E ^a,b   Adams, Catherine E ^a,b   Mellott, Tiffany J ^c   Robbins, Emily ^b   Kisley, Michael A ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

7 nicotinic receptor; Auditory gating; Perinatal choline; Sensory inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BUNGAROTOXINS; CHOLINE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 53149100862     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.08.047     Document Type: Article

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