The human body hosts an enormous abundance and diversity of microbes, which perform a
range of essential and beneficial functions. Our appreciation of the importance of these …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Parenting is best understood as a
transactional process between parents and their offspring. Each responds to cues in the …

Maternal obesity induces chronic inflammatory responses that impact the fetus/neonate
during the perinatal period. Inflammation, iron regulation, and myelination are closely …

Steroid hormones, such as sex hormones and glucocorticoids, have been demonstrated to
play a role in different cellular processes in the central nervous system, ranging from …

Background: There is growing evidence that maternal obesity and prenatal exposure to a
high-fat diet program fetal development to regulate the physiology and behavior of the …

Exposure to unbalanced diets during pre-gestational and gestational periods may result in
long-term alterations in metabolism and behavior. The contribution of the endocannabinoid …

Recent studies have linked gestational exposure to highly caloric diets with a disrupted
endogenous cannabinoid system (ECS). In the present study, we have extended these …

Obesity is a condition in which excess body fat has accumulated over an extent that
increases the risk of many chronic diseases. The current clinical classification of obesity is …

Diet-induced epigenetic modifications in early life could contribute to later health problem.
However, it remains to be established whether high-fat diet (HFD) consumption during …

Obesity has reached epidemic levels in developed countries. Maternal overnutrition has
been linked to a number of poor health outcomes in offspring, including metabolic …