Prenatal malnutrition leads to deficits in attentional set shifting and decreases metabolic activity in prefrontal subregions that control executive function

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 532-541

  McGaughy, Jill A ^a   Amaral, Ana C ^b   Rushmore, R Jarrett ^b   Mokler, David J ^d   Morgane, Peter J ^d   Rosene, Douglas L ^b   Galler, Janina R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

14C 2 deoxyglucose; Anterior cingulate cortex; Cognitive control; Orbitofrontal cortex; Prelimbic cortex

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; DEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL SET SHIFTING; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; KWASHIORKOR; LEARNING; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL DISORDER; PROTEIN DIET; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODEL; FETAL MALNUTRITION; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REWARD;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD;

EID: 84911398546     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000366057     Document Type: Article

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