Maternal progesterone treatment rescues the mammary impairment following uteroplacental insufficiency and improves postnatal pup growth in the rat

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-390

  Wlodek, Mary E ^a   Ceranic, Veselin ^a   O'Dowd, Rachael ^a   Westcott, Kerryn T ^a   Siebel, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth restriction; Hormones; Improved growth.; Lactation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; LACTATION; MALE; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MILK; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 63849152568     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719108327592     Document Type: Article

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