Gestational hypoxia disrupts the neonatal leptin surge and programs hyperphagia and obesity in male offspring in the Sprague-Dawley rat

• Vladimir E. Vargas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Sunam Gurung,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Benjamin Grant,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Kimberly Hyatt,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Krista Singleton,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Sarah M. Myers,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Debra Saunders,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Charity Njoku,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Rheal Towner,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Dean A. Myers

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Dean-myers@ouhsc.edu

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2609-5605

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