Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Obesity Alters Anxiety and Stress Coping Behaviors in Aged Mice

Abstract excerpt

BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence that maternal obesity and prenatal exposure to a high-fat diet program fetal development to regulate the physiology and behavior of the offspring in adulthood. Yet the extent to which the maternal dietary environment contributes to adult disease vulnerability remains unclear. In the current study we tested whether prenatal exposure to maternal obesity increases the...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Birth, Development, and Health
• Share to Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
• Share to Stress Responses and Cortisol