Does birth weight affect neonatal body weight, growth, and physiology in an animal model?
Title
Does birth weight affect neonatal body weight, growth, and physiology in an animal model?
Creator
Adjerid K; Mayerl CJ; Gould FDH; Edmonds CE; Stricklen BM; Bond LE; German RZ
Publisher
PLOS One
Date
2021
2021-02-16
Description
Birth weight is an important predictor of neuromotor and physiological performance in early perinatal development of mammals [1–4]. Our knowledge of the impact of birth weight on growth and performance falls into two broad categories of research. First, studies have examined the relationship between birth weight and locomotor performance of neuromuscular systems within the first days of postnatal development. For example, Vanden Hole and colleagues specifically focused on detailed relationships of muscular development and force generation as a function of birth weight using newborn infant pigs [1, 3]. They found that lower birth weight in these mammalian infant resulted in a reduced chemical, neuromuscular, and biomechanical ability to generate force for locomotion [1–4]. However, the longitudinal effects of how low birth weight may impact systems outside of locomotion, including those related to feeding, is unknown.
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Rights
Copyright: © 2021 Adjerid et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Format
Journal Article
URL Address
NEOMED College
NEOMED College of Medicine
NEOMED Department
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Update Year & Number
Jan to Aug list 2021
Citation
Adjerid K; Mayerl CJ; Gould FDH; Edmonds CE; Stricklen BM; Bond LE; German RZ, “Does birth weight affect neonatal body weight, growth, and physiology in an animal model?,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed February 18, 2025, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/11830.