title: Undernutrition during early adult life significantly affects neuronal connectivity in rat visual cortex.
abstract: Male black and white Hooded Lister rats were undernourished for 29 days during early adult life. Undernourished rats had 30% more synapses per neurone in the visual cortex than matched controls. It is suggested that undernutrition may cause a delay in the normal decline of this ratio.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Freestone
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013569:Synapses / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure