Abstract
Preweaning malnutrition permanently reduced brain size and cellular content but in spite of changes in the adrenocotical stress response no learning deficit was observed. Differential rearing environments did not influence the effects of malnutrition.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Body Weight
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Brain / growth & development*
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Brain / metabolism
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Corticosterone / blood
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DNA / metabolism
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Electroshock
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Female
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Learning*
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Male
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Maternal-Fetal Exchange
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Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
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Nutrition Disorders* / metabolism
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Nutrition Disorders* / physiopathology
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Organ Size
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Pregnancy
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Rats
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Social Environment*
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Stress, Physiological / blood
Substances
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Nerve Tissue Proteins
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DNA
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Corticosterone