Vitamin A deficiency impairs postnatal cognitive function via inhibition of neuronal calcium excitability in hippocampus

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 932-943

  Jiang, Wei ^a   Yu, Qin ^a   Gong, Min ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Wen, En Yi ^a   Bi, Yang ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Shi, Yuan ^a   Qu, Ping ^a   Liu, You Xue ^a   Wei, Xiao Ping ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Li, Ting Yu ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium excitability; Cognitive function; NMDA receptor NR1; Retinoic acid receptors; Transcription; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; CALCIUM; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862012037     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07697.x     Document Type: Article

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