Dietary methyl donor deficiency during pregnancy in rats shapes learning and anxiety in offspring

Nutrition Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 790-804

  Konycheva, Galina ^a   Dziadek, Marie A ^a   Ferguson, Lynnette R ^b   Krägeloh, Christian U ^c   Coolen, Marcel W ^d   Davison, Michael ^e   Breier, Bernhard H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavior; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Intrauterine growth restriction; Learning; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR GENE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 11 TYPE 2 GENE; LEARNING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEURONATIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REELIN GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIVER; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MAZE LEARNING; METHIONINE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, WISTAR; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

RATTUS;

EID: 80755130075     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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