Myocardial Structural and Biological Anomalies Induced by High Fat Diet in Psammomys obesus Gerbils.

BACKGROUND:Psammomys obesus gerbils are particularly prone to develop diabetes and obesity after brief period of abundant food intake. A hypercaloric high fat diet has been shown to affect cardiac function. Here, we sought to determine whether a short period of high fat feeding might alter myocardia...

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Main Authors: Abdelhamid Sahraoui, Céline Dewachter, Geoffrey de Medina, Robert Naeije, Souhila Aouichat Bouguerra, Laurence Dewachter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4740502?pdf=render