Effect of antalarmin, a novel corticotropin-releasing hormone antagonist, on the dynamic function of the preterm ovine fetal hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-54

  Young, I Ross ^a   Chan, E Cheng ^b   Smith, Roger ^b   Chrousos, George P ^c   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^d   Canny, Benedict J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Fetal neuroendocrinology; Ovine

Indexed keywords

ANTALARMIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036315699     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063683     Document Type: Article

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