Prolonged maternal separation induces undernutrition and systemic inflammation with disrupted hippocampal development in mice

Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1019-1027

  Figueiredo, Ítalo Leite ^a   Frota, Priscila B ^a   da Cunha, Davi G ^a   da Silva Raposo, Ramon ^g   Canuto, Kildere M ^a   de Andrade, Geanne M ^a   Sousa, Nuno ^b,c   Moore, Sean R ^h   Anstead, Gregory M ^e   Alvarez Leite, Jacqueline I ^d   Guerrant, Richard L ^f   Oriá, Reinaldo B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

^h CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; IGF 1; Inflammation; Leptin; Malnutrition; Maternal separation; Stereology

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADIPONECTIN; ASPARTIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEPTIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TAURINE; AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS GRANULAR LAYER; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REFLEX; STEREOLOGY; SUCKLING ANIMAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TAIL LENGTH; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84964901976     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2016.02.016     Document Type: Article

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