Distinctive Features of Feeding Behaviour and the Fat Tissue Formation in the Female Rat Offspring of Mothers Stressed in Pregnancy

Abstract

The study was aimed at investigation of distinctive features of feeding behaviour and fat tissue formation in the reproductive aged female rats whose mothers were stressed in the first tirm of the pregnancy. It has been shown that adult stressed offspring had higher body mass and the visceral fat tissue. The influence of stress factors in postnatal life resulted in the increased body mass and mesenteric fat weight along with the decreased food intake. It has been proposed that the neuroendocrine system change in the offspring of stressed mothers led to the change of the energy metabolism and the development of obesity