Reproductive effects of maternal and pre-weaning undernutrition in rat offspring: Age at puberty, onset of female reproductive senescence and intergenerational pup growth and viability

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-494

  Chernoff, N ^a   Gage, M I ^a   Stoker, T E ^a   Cooper, R L ^a   Gilbert, M E ^a   Rogers, E H ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female puberty; Intergenerational; Male puberty; Rat; Reproductive effects; Reproductive senescence; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATION PERIOD; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LACTATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROGENY; PUBERTY; RAT; SENESCENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 70350231395     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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