Early life origins of health and disease / edited by E. Marelyn Wintour, Julie A. Owens.

Other author Wintour, E. Marelyn.
Other author Owens, Julie A.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y. : Springer Science+Business Media ; Georgetown, TX : Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com, ©2006.
Descriptionxviii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAdvances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 573
Advances in experimental medicine and biology v. 573. ^A103
Contents The developmental origins of health and disease: the breadth and importance of the concept / Peter D. Gluckman and Mark A. Hanson -- Developmental origins of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity in humans / Caroline H.D. Fall -- Studies of twins: what can they tell us about the developmental origins of adult health and disease? / Ruth Morley, Terence Dwyer, and John B. Carlin -- Prenatal programming of human motor function / Julia B. Pitcher, David J. Henderson-Smart, and Jeffrey S. Robinson --
Contents Adaptive responses of early embryos to their microenvironment and consequences for post-implantation development / Jeremy Thompson, Michelle Lane, and Sarah Robertson -- Modification of epigenetic state through dietary manipulation in the developing mammalian embryo / Nicola Vickaryous and Emma Whitelaw -- Critical experiments to determine if early nutritional influences on epigenetic mechanisms cause metabolic imprinting in humans / Robert A. Waterland -- Manipulation of the maternal diet in rat pregnancy: different approaches to the demonstration of the programming principle / Simon C. Langley-Evans [et al.] --
Contents Programming hypertension-animal models: causes and mechanisms / Kate M. Denton, Michelle M. Kett, and Miodrag Dodic -- Developmental programming of cardiovascular dysfunction / Lucilla Poston, James A. Armitage, and Paul D. Taylor -- Kidney development and fetal programming / Karen M. Moritz and Luise A. Cullen-McEwen -- Programming of obesity-experimental evidence / Bernhard H. Breier, Stefan O. Krechowec, and Mark H. Vickers -- Perinatal programming of adult metabolic homeostasis: lessons from experimental studies / Kathryn l. Gatford [et al.] --
Contents Programming effects of excess glucocorticoid exposure in late gestation / Timothy J.M. Moss and Deborah M. Sloboda -- Programming effects of moderate and binge alcohol consumption / Jeff Schwartz and Luke C. Carey -- Vitamin D in pregnancy and offspring health / Marianne Tare, Helena C. Parkington, and Ruth Morley -- The fetal origins of adult mental illness / Laura Bennet and Alistair J. Gunn -- Hypoxia, fetal growth and developmental origins of health and disease / Dino A. Giussani.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005023215
ISBN0387287159

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