Disruption of Shmt1 impairs hippocampal neurogenesis and mnemonic function in mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1028-1035

  Abarinov, Elena V ^a,c   Beaudin, Anna E ^a,b,c   Field, Martha S ^a   Perry, Cheryll A ^a   Allen, Robert H ^b,d   Stabler, Sally P ^b,d   Stover, Patrick J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON METABOLISM; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MNEMONIC FUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONE CARBON METABOLISM; SERINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE 1 GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; FEAR; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOCYSTEINE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RISK FACTORS; THYMIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE;

MUS;

EID: 84879810709     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.174417     Document Type: Article

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