Early life iron deficiency impairs spatial cognition in neonatal piglets

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2050-2056

  Rytych, Jennifer L ^a   Elmore, Monica R P ^a   Burton, Michael D ^a   Conrad, Matthew S ^a   Donovan, Sharon M ^a   Dilger, Ryan N ^a   Johnson, Rodney W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MILK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SKIN COLOR; SPATIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84869121628     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.165522     Document Type: Article

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