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Original Article

Plasticity changes in adult metabolic homeostasis and tissue oxidative stress: neonatal programming by corticosterone and melatonin as deprogrammer

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Pages 831-844 | Received 16 Feb 2011, Accepted 04 May 2011, Published online: 18 Aug 2011

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