Regulation of maternal ACTH in ovine pregnancy: Does progesterone play a role?

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Keller Wood, Maureen ^a   Wood, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SODIUM;

ACT; ADD ON THERAPY; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EWE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS; INFUSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLASMA VOLUME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BREEDING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SHEEP; SODIUM;

EID: 56049099541     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.90399.2008     Document Type: Article

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