Sexually dimorphic effects of maternal alcohol intake and adrenalectomy on left ventricular hypertrophy in rat offspring

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 285, Issue 1 48-1, 2003, Pages

  Wilcoxon, Jennifer Slone ^a,c   Schwartz, Jeff ^b   Aird, Fraser ^a   Redei, Eva E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

11 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2; Adrenalectomized; Birth weight; Corticosterone; Fetal alcohol exposure; Placental weight

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENALECTOMY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0038678120     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00552.2002     Document Type: Article

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