Programming of the appetite-regulating neural network: A link between maternal overnutrition and the programming of obesity?

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-72

  Mühlhäusler, Beverly S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appetite regulation; Foetus; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Obesity; Programming

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENERGY BALANCE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIFESTYLE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SATIETY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; APPETITE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 33845260743     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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