Global birth hypoxia increases the neonatal testosterone surge in the rat

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-275

  Boksa, Patricia ^a,b   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Asphyxia neonatorum; Hypoxia; N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Play behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBAL BIRTH HYPOXIA; HORMONE RELEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CESAREAN SECTION; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 57149083871     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000142387     Document Type: Article

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