Abstract:Exposure to early life stress or adverse childhood experiences is associated with a greater BMI and cardio‐metabolic disease risk. We have previously shown that maternal separation and early weaning (MSEW), a model of early life stress and neglect, exacerbates adipose tissue expansion and metabolic dysfunction during obesity‐induced hypertension in adult female MSEW mice compared with males. Thus, the goal of this study was to determine whether there are sex‐specific changes in fat mass and glucose homeostasis… Show more
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