Morphine stimulates adrenocorticotropin and cortisol release in the late-term ovine fetus

Pediatric Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 411-415

  Taylor, Cindy C ^a   Soong, Y I ^a   Wu, Dunli ^a   Yee, Jenny S ^a   Szeto, Hazel H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031020534     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199703000-00018     Document Type: Article

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