Maternal glucocorticoid treatment programs HPA regulation in adult offspring: Sex-specific effects

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 280, Issue 5 43-5, 2001, Pages

  Liu, Li ^a   Li, Antai ^a   Matthews, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Limbic system; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Programming

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0035019147     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.280.5.e729     Document Type: Article

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