Zinc intake during the pregnancy increases the proliferation at ventricular zone of the newborn brain

• Main Authors: Azman, Mohd S., Wan Saudi, Wan S., Ilhami, Mohammad, Abdul Mutalib, Mohd Sokhini, Rahman, Muhammad Tariqur
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Maney Publishing 2009
• Subjects: RG Gynecology and obstetrics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/806/1/Zinc_intake_during_pregnancy_increases_the_proliferation_at_ventricular_zone_of_the_newborn_brain.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/806/; http://www.maney.co.uk/index.php/journals/nns/?back=1
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Neurogenesis involves cell proliferation, cell cycle arrest, differentiation, migration and the natural developmental death of the neural precursors. These processes are highly co-ordinated and governed by cell-cycle genes and neural transcription factors. Zn plays a crucial role as a functional...