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Impact of maternal high fat diet on hypothalamic transcriptome in neonatal Sprague Dawley rats.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Barrand Sanna, Crowley Tamsyn M, Wood-Bradley Ryan J, De Jong Kirstie A, Armitage James A
Abstract excerpt
Maternal consumption of a high fat diet during early development has been shown to impact the formation of hypothalamic neurocircuitry, thereby contributing to imbalances in appetite and energy homeostasis and increasing the risk of obesity in subsequent generations. Early in postnatal life, the neuronal projections responsible for energy homeostasis develop in response to appetite-related peptides such as...
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