Prenatal synthetic glucocorticoid exposure alters hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal regulation and pregnancy outcomes in mature female guinea pigs

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 887-899

  Dunn, Elizabeth ^a   Kapoor, Amita ^a   Leen, Jason ^a   Matthews, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX RATIO; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; OVARY CYCLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SUBFERTILITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUINEA PIGS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 77950529668     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.182139     Document Type: Article

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