Effects of maternal genotype and diet on offspring glucose and fatty acid-sensing ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus neurons

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Le Foll, Christelle ^a   Irani, Boman G ^a   Magnan, Christophe ^c   Dunn Meynell, Ambrose ^a   Levin, Barry E ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Epigenetic; Glucosensing; Long chain fatty acids; Metabolic sensing

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FATTY ACID; FURA 2; GLUCOSE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMAGING; LACTATION; LIPID DIET; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SUGAR INTAKE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; NEURONS; OBESITY; OLEIC ACID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 70449637789     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00370.2009     Document Type: Article

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