Impact of maternal undernutrition during the periconceptional period, fetal number, and fetal sex on the development of the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis in sheep during late gestation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1562-1569

  Edwards, L J ^a   McMillen, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cortisol; Early development; Pituitary hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATION PERIOD; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036240298     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.5.1562     Document Type: Article

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