Intergenerational programming of impaired nephrogenesis and hypertension in rats following maternal protein restriction during pregnancy.
Epidemiological associations between birthweight and cardiovascular disease in adult life are supported by rodent experiments showing that undernutrition in fetal life programmes adult blood pressure. In rats, the feeding of a maternal low protein(MLP) diet during gestation programmes hypertension....
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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10940/ |