Effects of prenatal protein malnutrition on the electrical cerebral activity during development

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 482, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-207

  De Frias V ^a   Varela, O ^a   Oropeza, J J ^a   Bisiacchi, B ^a   Alvarez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Electrical cerebral activity; Electroencephalographic rhythms; Prenatal malnutrition; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

LACTALBUMIN;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DIET; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THETA RHYTHM; WEANING;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77955923796     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.07.033     Document Type: Article

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