Maternal undernutrition in early gestation alters molecular regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the ovine fetus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 855-861

  Hawkins, P ^a   Hanson, M A ^a   Matthews, S G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal sheep; Hypothalamus; Nutrition; Pituitary; Programming

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 (C 17); GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; PREPROENKEPHALIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEEP; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DENSITOMETRY; DIET; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; FETUS; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 0034795125     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2001.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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