Abstract
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Newborn rats fed restricted calories during the first 2 days of life showed a depression of brain weight, and the levels of glutamic acid, glutamine, alanine, serine, and GAB A compared to those allowed to suckle their mothers normally. Also it was found that the levels of valine, leucine, isoleucine, histidine, arginine, cystine, ornithine, urea, and ammonia were increased in newborn rats maintained on restricted calories. It is concluded that calorie malnutrition, even for a short period, during the neonatal development is associated with alteration in the brain amino acid pool.
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