The impact of maternal protein malnutrition on pre-weaning skeletal and visceral organ growth in neonatal offspring of Rattus norvegicus

Growth, Development and Aging

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-52

  Fortman II, James K ^a   Reichling, Tim ^a   German, Rebecca Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal malnutrition; Neonatal growth; Postnatal nutrition; Prenatal nutrition; Protein malnutrition; Skeletal growth; Visceral organs

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DISSECTION; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART PROTECTION; LIMB; LUNG; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATING; MUSCLE MASS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RAT; RAT STRAIN; VISCERA; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; GROWTH; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 25844443495     PISSN: 10411232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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