The effects of vitamin C administration, acute food deprivation, and acute food intake on vitamin C levels in different brain areas of guinea pigs

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-204

  Kaplan, Birsen ^a   Çetin, Ferihan ^b   Elbeg, Şehri ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute food deprivation; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRUM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GUINEA PIGS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 78751635848     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000016     Document Type: Article

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