Physiological Slowing and Upregulation of Inhibition in Cortex Are Correlated with Behavioral Deficits in Protein Malnourished Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Chaudhary, Rahul ^a   Chugh, Manisha ^a   Darokhan, Ziauddin ^a   Katreddi, Raghu Ram ^a   Ramachandra, Renuka ^a   Rema, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KWASHIORKOR; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MATURITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WHISKER BARREL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84884881250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076556     Document Type: Article

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