The carotid bodies influence growth responses to moderate maternal undernutrition in late-gestation fetal sheep

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-268

  Burrage, D ^a   Green, L R ^a,c   Moss, T J M ^b   Sloboda, D M ^b   Nitsos, I ^b   Newnham, J P ^b   Hanson, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid body; Fetal growth; Fetus; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CAROTID BODY; CAROTID SINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LIVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVER WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGAN GROWTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CAROTID SINUS; DIET, REDUCING; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LIVER; LUNG; MALNUTRITION; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP;

EID: 36849054587     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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