The association between birthweight and longevity in the rat is complex and modulated by maternal protein intake during fetal life

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4150-4153

  Langley Evans, Simon C ^a   Sculley, Dean V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal programming; Longevity; Protein restriction; Rat

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33745832643     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.06.062     Document Type: Article

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