Maternal dietary restriction alters offspring's sleep homeostasis.

Nutritional state in the gestation period influences fetal growth and development. We hypothesized that undernutrition during gestation would affect offspring sleep architecture and/or homeostasis. Pregnant female mice were assigned to either control (fed ad libitum; AD) or 50% dietary restriction (...

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Main Authors: Noriyuki Shimizu, Sachiko Chikahisa, Yuina Nishi, Saki Harada, Yohei Iwaki, Hiroaki Fujihara, Kazuyoshi Kitaoka, Tetsuya Shiuchi, Hiroyoshi Séi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3669365?pdf=render