Prenatal malnutrition leads to deficits in attentional set shifting and decreases metabolic activity in prefrontal subregions that control executive function.

McGaughy, Jill A; Amaral, Ana C; Rushmore, R Jarrett; Mokler, David J; Morgane, Peter J; Rosene, Douglas L; Galler, Janina R

McGaughy, Jill A; Amaral, Ana C; Rushmore, R Jarrett; Mokler, David J; Morgane, Peter J; Rosene, Douglas L; Galler, Janina R.

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McGaughy JA; Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H., USA.

Dev Neurosci ; 36(6): 532-41, 2014.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25342495

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Attention/physiology; Cerebral Cortex; Cognition Disorders; Executive Function/physiology; Fetal Nutrition Disorders; Prefrontal Cortex; Animals; Cerebral Cortex/metabolism; Cerebral Cortex/physiopathology; Cognition Disorders/etiology; Cognition Disorders/metabolism; Cognition Disorders/physiopathology; Deoxyglucose; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Male; Prefrontal Cortex/metabolism; Prefrontal Cortex/physiopathology; Pregnancy; Rats; Rats, Long-Evans; Reward

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Attention / Cerebral Cortex / Prefrontal Cortex / Cognition Disorders / Fetal Nutrition Disorders / Executive Function Type of study: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals / Pregnancy Language: En Journal: Dev Neurosci Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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