Functions of corticotropin-releasing hormone in anthropoid primates: From brain to placenta

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-447

  Power, Michael L ^a,b   Schulkin, Jay ^a,c  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGAND; NEUROPEPTIDE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ANTHROPOIDEA; APE; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MONKEY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLACENTA FUNCTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 33746154583     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20521     Document Type: Article

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