Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy persistently impairs hippocampal neurogenesis in offspring of guinea pigs.

While having the highest vitamin C (VitC) concentrations in the body, specific functions of VitC in the brain have only recently been acknowledged. We have shown that postnatal VitC deficiency in guinea pigs causes impairment of hippocampal memory function and leads to 30% less neurons. This study i...

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Main Authors: Pernille Tveden-Nyborg, Lucile Vogt, Janne G Schjoldager, Natalie Jeannet, Stine Hasselholt, Maya D Paidi, Stephan Christen, Jens Lykkesfeldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23119033/?tool=EBI