Folate deficiency in rat pups during weaning causes learning and memory deficits

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1323-1332

  Berrocal Zaragoza, Maria I ^a,b,c   Sequeira, Jeffrey M ^a   Murphy, Michelle M ^b,c   Fernandez Ballart, Joan D ^b,c   Abdel Baki, Samah G ^a   Bergold, Peter J ^a   Quadros, Edward V ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviours; Brain function; Folate receptors; Set shifting; Weaning period

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; WEANING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIVER; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEMORY DISORDERS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DIET; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOCYSTEINE; LACTATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; NEURONS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPATIAL LEARNING; WEANING;

EID: 84919383944     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514002116     Document Type: Article

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