Urocortin: A mechanism for the sustained activation of the HPA axis in the late-gestation ovine fetus?

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 283, Issue 1 46-1, 2002, Pages

  Holloway, Alison C ^a   Howe, David C ^a   Chan, Gabriel ^a   Clifton, Vicki L ^b   Smith, Roger ^b   Challis, John R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Parturition; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036293829     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00497.2001     Document Type: Article

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