Federal University of Parana, Brazil
Undernutrition during suckling period may delay muscle maturation
Published in Law and Health Weekly, August 26th, 2006
"Protein-energy undernutrition (PEU) during both the gestational and suckling periods causes a reduction in muscle fiber cross-section and a delay in fiber type differentiation. Such changes are not found when PEU occurs after the suckling period," scientists writing in the journal Muscle & Nerve report.
C.E. Silvado and colleagues, Federal University of Parana, explained that "[to] elucidate the consequences of PEU on muscle during the suckling period, [they] undernourished (UND) newborn rats by reducing their food intake,...
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