Low Birth Weight is Associated with Impaired Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Energetics in Adult Mice

In utero undernutrition is associated with increased risk for insulin resistance, obesity, and cardiovascular disease during adult life. A common phenotype associated with low birth weight is reduced skeletal muscle mass. Given the central role of skeletal muscle in whole body metabolism, we hypothe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beauchamp, Brittany
Other Authors: Harper, Mary-Ellen
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32963
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-1493