Excess sucrose intake during pregnancy programs fetal brain glucocorticoid receptor expression in female but not male C57Bl/6J mice

Abstract Background Sex‐specific mechanisms explaining the association between mothers with obesity and the development of obesity in children are poorly characterized. Permanent changes in fetal brain glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression caused by exposure to overnutrition in utero may program a...

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Main Authors: Debra Kulhanek, Raghavendra B. Rao, Megan E. Paulsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-08-01
Series:Obesity Science & Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.506