Early Levothyroxine Treatment on Maternal Subclinical Hypothyroidism Improves Spatial Learning of Offspring in Rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 841-848

  Wang, S ^a,b   Teng, W ^a,c   Gao, Y ^c   Fan, C ^c   Zhang, H ^c   Shan, Z ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Endocrine Diseases of Liaoning Province   (China)

Author keywords

Levothyroxine; Offspring; Spatial learning; Subclinical hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; LEVOTHYROXINE; RAP1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEARNING; MATERNAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEARNING; MAZE LEARNING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; THYROXINE;

EID: 84859916585     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02275.x     Document Type: Article

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