Fetal exposure to a maternal low-protein diet during mid-gestation results in muscle-specific effects on fibre type composition in young rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 292-299

  Mallinson, Joanne E ^a   Sculley, Dean V ^a   Craigon, Jim ^a   Plant, Richard ^a   Langley Evans, Simon C ^a   Brameld, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal programming; Prenatal undernutrition; Protein; Rat; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCOLYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 34447623396     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507701678     Document Type: Article

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