Maternal protein restriction in the rat during pregnancy and/or lactation alters cognitive and anxiety behaviors of female offspring

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-45

  Reyes Castro, L A ^a   Rodriguez, J S ^b   Charco, R ^a   Bautista, C J ^a   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; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LACTATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROGRESSIVE RATIO TASK; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; LACTATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 83855164033     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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