date:Jan 27, 2014
e is sufficient to predispose the offspring for metabolic disorders, wrote Hovarth, Bru?ning and colleagues.
Human relevance?
Because of developmental differences between species - neural circuits in the hypothalamus continue to develop after birth in mice but are fully developed before birth in humans - the authors noted that their findings suggest that the third trimester of pregnancy in humans is the most critical time window for a mother's nutrition to have long-lasting effects on her chi