The effects of feeding rats diets deficient in folic acid and related methyl donors on the blood pressure and glucose tolerance of the offspring

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1333-1340

  Maloney, Christopher A ^a,b   Hay, Susan M ^a   Rees, William D ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choline; Developmental origins of disease; Methionine; Methylation

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I; CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEART SIZE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY SIZE; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PROGENY; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; EATING; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROWTH; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; EATING; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROWTH; INSULIN; MALE; METHIONINE; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RATS;

EID: 67649382386     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508066798     Document Type: Article

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