Table 1 The long-term effects of maternal HFD exposure during preconception, early and late gestation and lactation in different aspects of behavior and metabolism in adult offspring.

From: Maternal overnutrition during critical developmental periods leads to different health adversities in the offspring: relevance of obesity, addiction and schizophrenia

Assessments

Preconception

Early Gestation

Late Gestation

Lactation

Body weight

=

=

=

↑

Fat mass ratio

ND

ND

ND

↑

Insulin insensitivity

ND

ND

ND

↑

Lipid profile

ND

ND

ND

↑

HFD preference

=

=

=

=

Sucrose preference

=

=

=

=

Alcohol preference

=

=

↑

=

AMPH sensitivity

=

↑

↑

↑

Prepulse inhibition

=

=

=

↓

LI-active avoidance

ND

ND

ND

↓

LI-conditioned taste aversion

ND

ND

ND

↓

  1. (=) = no difference between treatment and control (CTR) groups; (↑) = increased relative to CTR; (↓) = decreased relative to CTR; ND = not done, further experiments were not conducted.