Placental restriction alters the functional development of the pituitary-adrenal axis in the sheep fetus during late gestation

Pediatric Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 861-866

  Phillips, Ian D ^a   Simonetta, Giuseppe ^a   Owens, Julie A ^a   Robinson, Jeffrey S ^a   Clarke, Iain J ^b   McMillen, I Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN[1-39]; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STRESS;

EID: 0029825371     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199612000-00014     Document Type: Article

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