Exposure to a Highly Caloric Palatable Diet During Pregestational and Gestational Periods Affects Hypothalamic and Hippocampal Endocannabinoid Levels at Birth and Induces Adiposity and Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Male Rat Offspring

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ramírez López, María Teresa ^a   Vázquez, Mariam ^a,b   Bindila, Laura ^c   Lomazzo, Ermelinda ^c   Hofmann, Clementine ^c   Blanco, Rosario Noemí ^a   Alén, Francisco ^a   Antón, María ^a   Decara, Juan ^b   Ouro, Daniel ^a   Orio, Laura ^a   Suarez, Juan ^b   Lutz, Beat ^c   Rodríguez de Fonseca, Fernando ^a,b   Gómez de Heras, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

adipogenesis; anxiety; development; endocannabinoids; hippocampus; hypothalamus; maternal diet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978537841     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00339     Document Type: Article

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