Sex differences in the ovine fetal cortisol response to stress

Pediatric Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-122

  Giussani, Dino A ^a,b   Fletcher, Andrew J W ^a   Gardner, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79951590407     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3182042a20     Document Type: Article

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