Fetal fornix transection and gestation length in sheep

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 532-537

  McDonald, T J ^a   Li, C ^a   Vincent, S E ^b   Nijland, M J ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; Hippocampus; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Parturition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN FORNIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EMBRYO; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FORNIX (BRAIN); HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746743786     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.02.114     Document Type: Article

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