Prenatal choline supplementation ameliorates the long-term Neurobehavioral effects of fetal-neonatal iron deficiency in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1858-1865

  Kennedy, Bruce C ^a   Dimova, Jiva G ^a   Siddappa, Asha J M ^a,b   Tran, Phu V ^a,b   Gewirtz, Jonathan C ^a   Georgieff, Michael K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; IRON; IRON INTAKE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IRON DEFICIENCY; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; PRENATAL PERIOD; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOCRIT; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOCRIT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MEMORY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS;

EID: 84916917384     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.198739     Document Type: Article

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