Prenatal food restriction induces a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis-associated neuroendocrine metabolic programmed alteration in adult offspring rats

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 335-345

  Zhang, Li ^a   Xu, Dan ^a   Zhang, Benjian ^a   Liu, Yansong ^a   Chu, Fenglong ^b   Guo, Yuming ^a   Gong, Jun ^a   Zheng, Xun ^a   Chen, Liaobin ^b   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Food restriction; High fat diet; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Intrauterine growth restriction; Metabolic syndrome; Unpredictable chronic stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FAT DROPLET; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROGENY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; STEATOSIS; WEANING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CORTICOSTERONE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; LIPIDS; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEANING;

EID: 84883344091     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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