Embryo exposure to elevated cortisol level leads to cardiac performance dysfunction in zebrafish

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 85-91

  Nesan, Dinushan ^a   Vijayan, Mathilakath M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac genes; Danio rerio; Glucocorticoid receptor; Heart development; Maternal stress; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CARDIAC MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1; CARDIAC TROPONIN TYPE T2A; HYDROCORTISONE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE REPRESSION; HATCHING; HEART BEAT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART EDEMA; HEART PERFORMANCE; MATERNAL STRESS; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EDEMA; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 13; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84866947394     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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