Maternal and postweaning high-fat diets disturb hippocampal gene expression, learning, and memory function

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Page, Kathleen C ^a   Jones, Elizabeth K ^a   Anday, Endla K ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early life; High fat diet; Hippocampus; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; LIPID DIET; MALE; MARE; MATING; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; WEANING;

EARLY LIFE; HIGH-FAT DIET; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING AND MEMORY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MEMORY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; WEANING;

EID: 84900545301     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00319.2013     Document Type: Article

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