Intrauterine exposure to cigarette smoke is associated with increased ghrelin concentrations in adulthood

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-129

  Paslakis, Georgios ^a   Buchmann, Arlette F ^a   Westphal, Sabine ^b   Banaschewski, Tobias ^a   Hohm, Erika ^a   Zimmermann, Ulrich S ^c   Laucht, Manfred ^a,d   Deuschle, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoke; Depression; Energy metabolism; Epigenetics; Ghrelin; Intrauterine exposure; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; GHRELIN; NICOTINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING HABIT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; RISK FACTOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GERMANY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISEASES; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GERMANY; GHRELIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; METABOLISM; NICOTINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904984449     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363325     Document Type: Article

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