Influence of perinatal trans fat on behavioral responses and brain oxidative status of adolescent rats acutely exposed to stress

Neuroscience

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 242-252

  Pase, C S ^a   Roversi, Kr ^a   Trevizol, F ^a   Roversi, K ^a   Kuhn, F T ^a   Schuster, A J ^a   Vey, L T ^a   Dias, V T ^a   Barcelos, R C S ^a   Piccolo, J ^a   Emanuelli, T ^a   Burger M E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Anxiety; Oxidative stress; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Trans fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FISH OIL; HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE FAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SOYBEAN OIL; TRANS FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACUTE STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESTLESSNESS;

3-(4,5-DIMETHYLLTHIAZOL-2-YL)-2,5-DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ACUTE STRESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVA; ANXIETY; AS; C-SO; CONTROL GROUP - SOYBEAN OIL; EFA; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS; FA; FATTY ACIDS; FISH OIL; FO; HVF; HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE FAT; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MDA; MTT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; PUFA; TBARS; TFA; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SPECIES; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84879720116     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.05.053     Document Type: Article

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