Prenatal exposure to fenugreek impairs sensorimotor development and the operation of spinal cord networks in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Khalki, Loubna ^a,b   M'Hamed, Saadia Ba ^a   Sokar, Zahra ^a   Bennis, Mohamed ^a   Vinay, Laurent ^b   Bras, Hélène ^b   Viemari, Jean Charles ^b  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENUGREEK EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; GAIT; GESTATION PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RIGHTING REFLEX; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SPINAL CORD; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 84892380701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080013     Document Type: Article

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