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Multigenerational programming in the glucocorticoid programmed rat is associated with generation-specific and parent of origin effects
1 Nov 2011
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to an adverse early life environment is associated with increased cardio-metabolic disease risk, a phenomenon termed "programming." The effects of this are not limited to the exposed first (F1) generation but can be transmissible to a second generation (F2) through male and female lines. Using a three generation animal model of programming by initial prenatal glucocorticoid overexposure we have...
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