Mice undernourished before, but not after, weaning perform better in motor coordination and spatial learning tasks than well-fed controls

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 129-137

  Partadiredja, G ^a   Bedi, K S ^b  

^a GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet restriction; Morris water maze; Revolving drum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH CURVE; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEMORY; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WEANING;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84886943261     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147683011X13009738172486     Document Type: Article

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