Maternal high-fat feeding leads to alterations of brain glucose metabolism in the offspring: positron emission tomography study in a porcine model

Elena Sanguinetti, Tiziana Liistro, Marco Mainardi, Silvia Pardini, Piero A. Salvadori, Alessandro Vannucci, Silvia Burchielli, Patricia Iozzo

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Abstract

Maternal obesity negatively affects fetal development. Abnormalities in brain glucose metabolism are predictive of metabolic-cognitive disorders.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-9
Number of pages9
JournalDiabetologia
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Brain
  • Fetal programming
  • Insulin sensitivity
  • Maternal high-fat feeding
  • Porcine model
  • [18F]FDG-PET

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