The late gestation increase in circulating ACTH and cortisol in the fetal sheep is suppressed by intracerebroventricular infusion of recombinant ovine leptin

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 259-266

  Howe, D C ^a   Gertler, A ^a   Challis, J R G ^a  

^a QUEEN MOTHER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS WEIGHT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEEP; STARVATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP;

EID: 0036686296     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1740259     Document Type: Article

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