MyJove Corporation, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 65, 2012
DOI: 10.3791/3938-v
MyJove Corporation, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 65
DOI: 10.3791/3938
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Exposure to diet, drugs and early life adversity during sensitive windows of life 1,2 can lead to lasting changes in gene expression that contribute to the display of physiological and behavioural phenotypes. Such environmental programming is likely to increase the susceptibility to metabolic, cardiovascular and mental diseases 3,4.