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Very low birth weight piglets show improved cognitive performance in the spatial cognitive holeboard task

Low birth weight (LBW) is common in humans and has been found to cause lasting cognitive and developmental deficits later in life. It is thought that the primary cause is intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) due to a shortage of oxygen and supply of nutrients to the fetus. Pigs appear to be a goo...

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Autores principales: Antonides, Alexandra, Schoonderwoerd, Anne C., Nordquist, Rebecca E., van der Staay, Franz Josef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4343021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25774127
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00043