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Differential effects of prenatal stress on metabolic programming in diet-induced obese and dietary-resistant rats.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 15 Sept 2015
Balasubramanian Priya, Varde Pratibha A, Abdallah Simon Labib, Najjar Sonia M, MohanKumar P S, MohanKumar Sheba M J
Abstract excerpt
Stress during pregnancy is a known contributing factor for the development of obesity in the offspring. Since maternal obesity is on the rise, we wanted to identify the effects of prenatal stress in the offspring of diet-induced obese (DIO) rats and compare them with the offspring of dietary-resistant (DR) rats. We hypothesized that prenatal stress would make both DIO and DR offspring susceptible to obesity, but...
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