Effects of maternal mild zinc deficiency and zinc supplementation in offspring on spatial memory and hippocampal neuronal ultrastructural changes

Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 457-461

  Yu, XiaoDan ^a   Jin, LongMei ^b   Zhang, XiaoHua ^b   Yu, XiaoGang ^a  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Hippocampal neuronal ultrastructure; Learning and memory; Mild zinc deficiency; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; LACTATION; LEARNING; MATERNAL DISEASE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; ZINC;

RATTUS;

EID: 84872343523     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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