Maternal omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on vitamin B12 rich diet improves brain omega-3 fatty acids, neurotrophins and cognition in the Wistar rat offspring

Brain and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 853-863

  Rathod, Richa ^a   Khaire, Amrita ^a   Kemse, Nisha ^a   Kale, Anvita ^a   Joshi, Sadhana ^a  

^a Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University   (India)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cognition; Cortex; DHA; Hippocampus; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; MYRISTOLEIC ACID; NERVONIC ACID; NEUROTROPHIN; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84909957986     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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