Epigenetic changes in hypothalamic appetite regulatory genes may underlie the developmental programming for obesity in rat neonates subjected to a high-carbohydrate dietary modification

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 479-490

  Mahmood, S ^a   Smiraglia, D J ^b   Srinivasan, M ^a   Patel, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

development of obesity; epigenetics; high carbohydrate formula; neuropeptide genes; suckling period

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887738650     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174413000238     Document Type: Article

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