Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 403-413 , April 2010

The weight gain response to stress during adulthood is conditioned by both sex and prenatal stress exposure

  • Cristina García-Cáceres

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBER Fisiopatología de Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28009 Madrid, Spain
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  • Yolanda Diz-Chaves

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Cajal, CSIC. Avenida Dr. Arce 37, 28002 Madrid, Spain
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  • Natalia Lagunas

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Cajal, CSIC. Avenida Dr. Arce 37, 28002 Madrid, Spain
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  • Isabel Calmarza-Font

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Cajal, CSIC. Avenida Dr. Arce 37, 28002 Madrid, Spain
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  • Iñigo Azcoitia

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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  • Luis M. Garcia-Segura

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Cajal, CSIC. Avenida Dr. Arce 37, 28002 Madrid, Spain
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  • Laura M. Frago

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBER Fisiopatología de Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28009 Madrid, Spain
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  • Jesús Argente

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBER Fisiopatología de Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28009 Madrid, Spain
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  • Julie A. Chowen

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBER Fisiopatología de Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28009 Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Avenida Menéndez Pelayo 65, 28009 Madrid, Spain. Tel.: +34 91 503 5939; fax: +34 91 503 5939.

Received 8 June 2009 ,Revised 23 July 2009 ,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.08.001

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 403-413 , April 2010

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