Metabolic Adaptation to Extrauterine Life

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXI

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2. Carbohydrate Utilization in the Newborn

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Metabolism of Glycogen in the Liver of Foetal and Newborn Rats

      • H. G. Hers

      Pages 3-7

   3. Hormonal Control of Fetal Liver Glycogen Metabolism

      • S. W. Moses, M. Pines, N. Bashan

      Pages 9-26

   4. Extrahepatic Glycogen Stores and their Role in Homeostasis

      • R. De Meyer

      Pages 27-54

   5. Factors Regulating Blood Glucose in the Fetus and in the Newborn

      • Colin T. Jones, Timothy Rolph, Geoffrey Band, Enid Michael

      Pages 55-80

   6. Glucose Turnover in the Newborn Rat

      • Keith Snell

      Pages 81-108

   7. Factors Affecting Intra Uterine Glycogen Storage

      • Jeanne M. Roux

      Pages 109-131

   8. Factors Affecting Glucose Metabolism in the Newborn Rat

      • Pascal Ferré, Jean-Paul Pégorier, Soomant Callikan, Armelle Leturque, Jean Girard

      Pages 133-143

   9. Carbohydrate Metabolism in Intrauterine Growth Retardation

      • L. L. A. Kollée, L. A. H. Monnens, J. M. F. Trijbels, J. H. Veerkamp

      Pages 145-162

3. Energy Expenditure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Caloric Needs of the Newborn

      • G. Verellen

      Pages 167-177

   3. Variations in the Rate of Oxygen Consumption of Newborn Human Infants

      • David Hull

      Pages 179-190

   4. Energy Requirements for Growth in the Neonate

      • P. J. J. Sauer, H. J. Dane, R. G. Pearse, H. K. A. Visser

      Pages 191-207

   5. The Role of Oleic Acid as a Substitute for Glucose in Brain Cell Cultures of Neonatal Mice

      • Emilio Bossi, Hans Peter Siegrist

      Pages 209-222

4. Regulation of Insulin and Glucagon Secretion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. Insulin Secretion and Metabolism in the Rat Fetus during Late Gestation

      • F. Sodoyez-Goffaux, J. C. Sodoyez, C. J. de Vos, Y. M. Thiry-Moris

      Pages 227-240

   3. Glucagon Secretion during the Perinatal Period

      • Jean Girard, Roger Assan

      Pages 241-259

   4. Plasma Insulin and Glucagon in Well-Oxygenated and Hypoxic Fetal Lambs

      • Heather J. Shelley, J. R. Girard

      Pages 261-279

   5. Effects of Insulin and Glucagon on the Mother and in the Fetus

      • R. D. G. Milner

      Pages 281-299

th th st . On December 19 ,20 and 21 1979, we had the opportunlty to organize a Workshop on "Antenatal factors affecting meta­ bolic adaptation to extrauterine life - Role of carbohydra­ tes and energy metabolism". This meeting was made possible thanks to grants from the Committee of Medical Research and Public Health (CRM) of the Commission of European Communi­ ties. We want to express our warmst gratitude for the effort that has been made and we hope that the exchange of information between the participants will allow better understanding of the mechanism of adaptation to extrauterine life and that the conclusions drawn will contribute to a better care of the newborn. Adaptation to extrauterine life is one of the most impor­ tant steps in life. At the moment of birth, numerous conditions are drastically changed and in order to survive the newborn has to rely upon new sources of energy and of substrates. This switch over has to occur smoothly and any adaptation failure will result in the disturbance of impor­ tant metabolic functions. Mortality and morbidity in neo­ natal period remain still very high in comparison with the figures observed later in life; the reduction of mortality has been much more important in child and adult than in neonates.

• birth
• child
• fetus
• growth
• metabolism
• newborn
• regulation

• Laboratoire de Tératologie et de Génétique Médicale, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium

  R. Meyer

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