Addressing a folate imbalance in fetal cerebrospinal fluid can decrease the incidence of congenital hydrocephalus

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 404-416

  Cains, Sarah ^a   Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Nabiuni, Mohammad ^c   Owen Lynch, Penelope Jane ^b   Miyan, Jaleel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cortex; Development; Fetus; Folate; H Tx rat; Hydrocephalus; Supplement

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; BROXURIDINE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; MARE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HYDROCEPHALUS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT STRAIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEM CELL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEUCOVORIN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELLS; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 65349184445     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31819e64a7     Document Type: Article

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