Effects of dietary folic acid on the expression of myelin basic protein in the brain and spinal cord of pregnant and lactating rats

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Lee, Ji Hye ^a   Lee, Yo A ^a   Oh, Kyung Hee ^a   Chang, Namsoo ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain; Folate; Myelin basic protein; Myelination; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; LACTATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 74249119240     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000275945     Document Type: Article

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