Hormones, Intrauterine Health and Programming
The environment of the fetus in the womb is emerging as a key determinant not only of its immediate status but also of the offspring's long-term well-being. This largely started with reports of striking epidemiological associations between lower, but still normal, birth weight and a marked increase in the incidence of cardiac, metabolic and neuropsychiatric disorders from childhood to senescence. In seeking to explain these observations, collectively referred to as 'developmental programming,' a new subfield of biology has emerged. Major discoveries include detailing the etiological roles of maternal factors such as nutrition, inflammatory di…
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Weitere Autoren: Christen, Yves (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-319-02591-9
- EAN: 9783319025919
- Produktnummer: 16901271
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 189 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'247 KB
- Auflage: 2014
- Abbildungen: 1 schwarz-weiße und 9 farbige Abbildungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
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Jonathan Seckl is a Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Endocrinology Unit, Centre for Cardiovascular Science at Queen's Medical Research Institute.
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