Changes in the hormonal concentrations of pregnant rats and their fetuses following multiple exposures to a stressor during the third trimester

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-414

  Williams, Michael T ^a   Davis, Harry N ^a   McCrea, Anne E ^b   Long, Stacy J ^a   Hennessy, Michael B ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endorphin; ACTH; Aldosterone; Corticosterone; Fetal; Gestational stress; Maternal; Prolactin; Restraint; Testicular CRF

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033059252     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(98)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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