Maternal micronutrients and brain global methylation patterns in the offspring

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-36

  Sable, Pratiksha ^a   Randhir, Karuna ^a   Kale, Anvita ^a   Chavan Gautam, Preeti ^a   Joshi, Sadhana ^a  

^a Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University   (India)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Folic acid; Global methylation; Hippocampus; Omega 3 fatty acids; Vitamin B12; Cortex

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RAT; AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84919460673     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830513Y.0000000097     Document Type: Article

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