Developmental programming of hypothalamic neuronal circuits: Impact on energy balance control

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Ramamoorthy, Thanuja Gali ^a   Begum, Ghazala ^b   Harno, Erika ^a   White, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Fetal programming; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hypothalamus; Pro opiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DNA; GHRELIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTONE; HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ANOREXOGENIC NEURON; APPETITE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DNA METHYLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONTROL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIGENETICS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OBESITY; OREXIGENIC NEURON; OVERNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 84928160297     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00126     Document Type: Article

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