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Author Wintour, E. Marelyn

Title Early Life Origins of Health and Disease / edited by E. Marelyn Wintour, Julie A. Owens
Published Boston, MA : Eurekah.com and Springer Science+Business Media, 2006
Dordrecht : Springer, 2006
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 228 pages) : illustrations
Series Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 0065-2598 ; 573
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; 573. 0065-2598
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
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 [and others]
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 [and others]
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
Summary Early Life Origins of Health and Disease is a new book which presents and discusses the many factors that may have impact on normal development. In a concise and readable manner, the authors consider both the proven and suggestive evidence that the high prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, obesity and, in some populations, kidney disease, may not be all due to genetics or adult environment alone. There is good evidence that stress and more subtle dietary deficiencies, as well as placental malfunction, may increase the risk that the offspring will develop these problems in later life. Finally, new and emerging evidence for other areas of human health and disease such a motor control and mental health is critically reviewed for the first time. The book is a 'must' for all scientists interested in researching these areas, as there is a critical evaluation of the methodology used and suggestions for the 'optimal' way in which to investigate these phenomena
Analysis ontogenie
ontogeny
fysiologie
physiology
geneeskunde
medicine
volksgezondheid
public health
obstetrie
obstetrics
biomedische wetenschappen
biomedicine
humane genetica
human genetics
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Springer e-books
Subject Developmental biology.
Human genetics.
Human physiology.
Medicine.
Obstetrics.
Embryology.
Disease susceptibility.
Prenatal influences.
Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Fetal Development
Embryonic Development
Disease Susceptibility
Risk Factors
Disease -- etiology
Maternal Exposure
Developmental Biology
Medicine
Obstetrics
medicines (material)
medicine (discipline)
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth.
Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
Diseases -- Susceptibility.
Embryonic Development.
Fetal Development.
Disease -- Etiology.
Disease susceptibility.
Maternal Exposure.
Risk Factors.
Influence prénatale.
Étiologie.
Prédisposition morbide.
Prenatal influences.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Prenatal influences
Embryology
Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation
Disease susceptibility
Developmental biology
Human genetics
Human physiology
Medicine
Obstetrics
Form Electronic book
Author Owens, Julie A.
ISBN 0387326324
9780387326320
0387287159
9780387287157
6610800162
9786610800162