Elevated corticosterone and inhibition of ACTH responses to CRH and ether in the neonatal rat: Effect of hypoxia from birth

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 5 54-5, 2003, Pages

  Raff, Hershel ^a,b,e   Jacobson, Lauren ^d   Cullinan, William E ^c  

^a ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Endocrinology and Diabetes   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Anoxia; Corticotropin releasing factor; Newborn; Pro opiomelanocortin, neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ETHER; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0142249309     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00259.2003     Document Type: Article

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