Effects of constant light during perinatal periods on the behavioral and neuronal development of mice with or without dietary lutein

• Published in: Biomedical Research Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 197 - 204
• Main Authors: YAJIMA, Masako, MATSUMOTO, Megumi, HARADA, Michiko, HARA, Hiroshi, YAJIMA, Takaji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Biomedical Research Press 2013; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Administration, Oral; Animals; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Body Weight; Diet; Female; Gene Expression; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Light; Lutein - administration & dosage; Maze Learning; Mice; Neurogenesis - physiology; Organ Size; Pregnancy; Receptors, Serotonin - genetics; Spleen - growth & development

Constant light conditions (LL) carry a risk of disrupting the biological clock of developing animals. Our purpose in this study was to investigate what disorders occur in animals receiving an LL stress during the late embryonic and suckling periods as compared with animals housed in dark-light (14 h...