Perinatal maternal fat intake affects metabolism and hippocampal function in the offspring: A potential role for leptin

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1144, Issue , 2008, Pages 189-202

  Walker, Claire Dominique ^a,c   Naef, Lindsay ^a   D'Asti, Esterina ^a   Long, Hong ^a   Xu, Zhifang ^a   Moreau, Alain ^b   Azeddine, Bouziane ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fat; Hippocampus; Insulin; Leptin; Maternal diet; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INSULIN; LEPTIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN METABOLISM; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD PREFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESISTANCE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LACTATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SURVIVAL; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 56649100740     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1418.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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