Transgenerational effects of prenatal synthetic glucocorticoids on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3295-3307

  Iqbal, Majid ^a   Moisiadis, Vasilis G ^a   Kostaki, Alisa ^a   Matthews, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SALIVA LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SALIVA;

EID: 84862732628     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1054     Document Type: Article

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