Sex-specific effects of daily gavage with a mixed progesterone and glucocorticoid receptor antagonist on hypoxic ventilatory response in newborn rats

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 758, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-35

  Fournier, Stéphanie ^a   Doan, Van Diep ^a   Joseph, Vincent ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gavage; Glucocorticoid; Hypoxic ventilatory response; Mifepristone; Newborn rats; Progesterone; Steroid receptor antagonist; Whole body plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPH; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC VENTILATORY RESPONSE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEADY STATE; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 84870416431     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4584-1_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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