Supplementation of a maternal low-protein diet in rat pregnancy with folic acid ameliorates programming effects upon feeding behaviour in the absence of disturbances to the methionine-homocysteine cycle

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 996-1007

  Engeham, Sarah F ^a   Haase, Andrea ^a   Langley Evans, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Folate; Pregnancy; Programming; Rats

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CASEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; ENZYME; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; ANIMAL; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; CASEINS; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYMES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD PREFERENCES; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MALE; METHIONINE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 77951248416     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509992662     Document Type: Article

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