Brain allopregnanolone in the fetal and postnatal rat in response to uteroplacental insufficiency

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-292

  Westcott, Kerryn T ^a   Hirst, Jonathan J ^b   Ciurej, Isabella ^c   Walker, David W ^c   Wlodek, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Brain; Growth restriction; Uteroplacental insufficiency

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; NEUROSTEROID;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; LIGATION; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 57149090489     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000139771     Document Type: Article

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