Gestational methyl donor deficiency alters key proteins involved in neurosteroidogenesis in the olfactory bulbs of newborn female rats and is associated with impaired olfactory performance

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1021-1031

  El Hajj Chehadeh, Sarah ^a   Pourié, Grégory ^a   Martin, Nicolas ^a   Alberto, Jean Marc ^a   Daval, Jean Luc ^a   Guéant, Jean Louis ^a   Leininger Muller, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Methyl donor deficiency; Neurosteroids; Olfactory bulbs; Olfactory discrimination

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; HOMOCYSTEINE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL METHYL DONOR DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSTEROIDOGENESIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING DISORDER; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUCKLING ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; WEANING; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; AROMATASE; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOCYSTEINE; LACTATION; MALE; METHYLATION; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY BULB; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEANING;

EID: 84899675154     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513003553     Document Type: Article

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