Perinatal programming
Subtitle: the state of the art
By: edited by Andreas Plagemann
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783110249453
Subjects: Trends; Perinatology; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The past and future of perinatal medicine; title: Experimental models of low birth weight; title: insight into the developmental programming of metabolic health, aging, and immune function; title: Cardiovascular consequences of IUGR : experimental aspects; title: Fetal programming of endocrine function in IUGR offspring depends on the cause of low birth weight : evidence from animal models and the human FIPS-study; title: Intrauterine corticosteroids for lung maturation : observations of HPA axis function and cardiac autonomic balance in the neonate; title: Feast or famine : in the fast lane to puberty; title: Early life origins of diabetes and obesity : general aspects and the thin-fat baby paradigm; title: The outcome in offspring of obese mothers; title: Short and long term effects of gestational obesity : clinical observations; title: Emerging role of neuroendocrine programming in obesity; title: Genetic influences on the long-term effects of the perinatal environment on energy homeostasis and offspring obesity; title: Perinatal programming in offspring of diabetic mothers : clinical data; title: Experimental observations on perinatal programming in offspring of diabetic mothers; title: Prenatal infections and long-term mental outcome : modeling schizophrenia-related dysfunctions using the prenatal Poly I : C model in mice; title: Prenatal programming of cognition and emotion in humans : from birth to age 20; title: Perinatal programming of allergy; title: Perinatal origin of testicular germ cell cancer : possible involvement of developmental re-programming; title: Epigenetic adaptation during early life; title: Toward a unifying concept on perinatal programming.