Dietary choline reverses some, but not all, effects of folate deficiency on neurogenesis and apoptosis in fetal mouse brain

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1162-1166

  Craciunescu, Corneliu N ^a   Johnson, Amy R ^a   Zeisel, Steven H ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CHOLINE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGENESIS; PREGNANCY;

MUS;

EID: 77952649081     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.122044     Document Type: Article

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