Maternal undernutrition during critical windows of development results in differential and sex-specific effects on postnatal adiposity and related metabolic profiles in adult rat offspring

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-307

  Howie, G J ^a   Sloboda, D M ^a   Vickers, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Developmental programming; Maternal nutrition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PROGENY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO;

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; LACTATION; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84863820068     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451100554X     Document Type: Article

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