Additive effects of maternal iron deficiency and prenatal immune activation on adult behaviors in rat offspring

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-37

  Harvey, Louise ^a   Boksa, Patricia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavior; Maternal diet; Maternal immune activation; Maternal iron deficiency; Prenatal infection; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE; IRON;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRON DEFICIENCY; JUVENILE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SNIFFING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84904133812     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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