"Bio-communication" between mother and offspring: Lessons from animals and new perspectives for brain science

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Tozuka, Yusuke ^a,b,c   Wada, Etsuko ^a,c   Wada, Keiji ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Japan Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Maternal substance; Milk; Neuron glia vascular system; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GHRELIN; HORMONE; LACTOGLOBULIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OXYTOCIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIO COMMUNICATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 67649663905     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.09R01CP     Document Type: Article

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