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Prenatal stress and stress coping style interact to predict metabolic risk in male rats.
Endocrinology - 1 Apr 2014
Boersma Gretha J, Moghadam Alexander A, Cordner Zachary A, Tamashiro Kellie L
Abstract excerpt
Both prenatal stress (PNS) exposure and a passive stress-coping style have been identified as risk factors for insulin resistance in rats. In the current study, we test the hypothesis that PNS and stress-coping style may interact in predicting susceptibility for metabolic disease. To test this hypothesis, adult male control and PNS offspring were behaviorally characterized using a defensive burying test to have...
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