Vitamin A deficiency in rats induces anatomic and metabolic changes comparable with those of neurodegenerative disorders

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 696-702

  Ghenimi, Nadirah ^a,b   Beauvieux, Marie Christine ^a   Biran, Marc ^a   Pallet, Véronique ^b   Higueret, Paul ^b   Gallis, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CNRS University Bordeaux Segalen   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; BRAIN; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 64049098145     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.102988     Document Type: Article

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