Hypothalamic-pituitary disconnection in fetal sheep blocks the peripartum increases in adrenal responsiveness and adrenal ACTH receptor expression

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 2 58-2, 2005, Pages

  Valego, Nancy K ^a   Su, Yixin ^a   Carey, Luke C ^a   Young, Sharla F ^a   Tatter, Stephen B ^a   Wang, Jinjuan ^a   Rose, James C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Cortisol; Dispersed adrenal cells; Ovine fetus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; FORSKOLIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS CELL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SHEEP; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 23044491496     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00025.2005     Document Type: Article

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