Weanling rats exposed to maternal low-protein diets during discrete periods of gestation exhibit differing severity of hypertension

Clinical Science

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 607-615

  Langley Evans, Simon C ^a   Welham, Simon J M ^a   Sherman, Rachel C ^a   Jackson, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal programming; Glucocorticoids; Hypertension; Kidney; Maternal nutrition; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CASEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; RENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; WEANING;

EID: 0029910378     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0910607     Document Type: Article

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