Effects of saccharin intake on hippocampal and cortical plasticity in juvenile and adolescent rats

Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-118

  Park, Jong Sil ^a   Yoo, Sang Bae ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a   Lee, Sung Joong ^a   Oh, Seog Bae ^a   Kim, Joong Soo ^a   Lee, Jong Ho ^a   Park, Kyungpyo ^a   Jahng, Jeong Won ^a   Choi, Se Young ^a  

^a School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Experience dependency; Hippocampus; Sensory overloading; Somatosensory cortex; Synaptic plasticity; Taste

Indexed keywords

SACCHARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; TASTE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77952666234     PISSN: 12264512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2010.14.2.113     Document Type: Article

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