Regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in fetal sheep

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 239-246

  Matthews, Stephen G ^a   Challis, John R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030248527     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(96)00126-9     Document Type: Review

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