Impact of birth weight and gender on early postnatal hypothalamic energy balance regulatory gene expression in the young lamb

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 608-615

  Adam, C L ^a   Bake, T ^a   Findlay, P A ^a   Milne, J S ^a   Aitken, R P ^a   Wallace, J M ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Developmental programming; Intra uterine growth restriction; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULINEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LAMB; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUCKLING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING; INTRA-UTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; LEPTIN;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84883319983     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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