Effects of increasing gestation, cortisol and maternal undernutrition on hypothalamic Neuropeptide Y expression in the sheep fetus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-57

  Warnes, K E ^a   Morris, M J ^b   Symonds, M E ^c   Phillips, I D ^a   Clarke, I J ^d   Owens, J A ^a   McMillen, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetus; Hypothalamus; NPY

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUNDIBULUM; MALNUTRITION; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0031983283     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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