Catecholamines inhibit growth in fetal sheep in the absence of hypoxemia

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 6 43-6, 1998, Pages

  Bassett, John M ^a   Hanson, Clifford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bones; Epinephrine; Insulin; Norepinephrine; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS WEIGHT; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYPOXEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0031775878     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.6.r1536     Document Type: Article

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