Developmental programming of brain and behavior by perinatal diet: Focus on inflammatory mechanisms

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 307-320

  Bolton, Jessica L ^a   Bilbo, Staci D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognition; Epigenetics; Maternal high fat diet; Maternal obesity; Microglia; Neuroinflammation; Perinatal programming; Placenta

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUROTRANSMITTER; CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPID DIET; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PERINATAL DIET; PLACENTA FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DIET; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYTOKINES; DIET; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84911408111     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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