Effect of vitamin B deprivation during pregnancy and lactation on homocysteine metabolism and related metabolites in brain and plasma of mice offspring

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Da Silva, Vanessa Cavalcante ^a   Fernandes, Leandro ^a   Haseyama, Eduardo Jun ^a   Agamme, Ana Luiza Dias Abdo ^a   Shinohara, Elvira Maria Guerra ^b   Muniz, Maria Tereza Cartaxo ^c   D'Almeida, Vânia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; LACTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LACTATION; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84898873881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092683     Document Type: Article

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