Placental efficiency and adaptation: Endocrine regulation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3459-3472

  Fowden, A L ^a   Sferruzzi Perri, A N ^a   Coan, P M ^a   Constancia, M ^a   Burton, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; SOMATOMEDIN; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; SOMATOMEDIN B; VASCULOTROPIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPILLARY DENSITY; DIETARY INTAKE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPOXEMIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL GROWTH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULARIZATION;

ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67651091794     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.173013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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