The effects of fetal adrenalectomy at 110 days gestational age on AVP and CRH mRNA expression in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the ovine fetus

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 119-128

  Unno, Nobuya ^a   Wu, Wen Xuan ^a   Ding, Xiu Ying ^a   Li, Cun ^a   Man A Hing, Winston K H ^a   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal; Adrenalectomy; AVP; Cortisol; CRH; Fetus; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0344813711     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00203-4     Document Type: Article

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