5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors as hypothalamic targets of developmental programming in male rats

• Main Authors: Malgorzata S. Martin-Gronert (Author), Claire J. Stocker (Author), Edward T. Wargent (Author), Roselle L. Cripps (Author), Alastair S. Garfield (Author), Zorica Jovanovic (Author), Giuseppe D'Agostino (Author), Giles S. H. Yeo (Author), Michael A. Cawthorne (Author), Jonathan R. S. Arch (Author), Lora K. Heisler (Author), Susan E. Ozanne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although obesity is a global epidemic, the physiological mechanisms involved are not well understood. Recent advances reveal that susceptibility to obesity can be programmed by maternal and neonatal nutrition. Specifically, a maternal low-protein diet during pregnancy causes decreased intrauterine g...