Pre- and/or postnatal protein restriction in rats impairs learning and motivation in male offspring

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-182

  Reyes Castro, L A ^a   Rodriguez, J S ^b   Rodriguez Gonzalez G L ^a   Wimmer, R D ^b   McDonald, T J ^b   Larrea, F ^a   Nathanielsz, P W ^b   Zambrano, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental programming; Learning; Motivation; Operant conditioning; Protein restriction

Indexed keywords

CASEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LACTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 79951579338     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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