Changes in neuroactive steroid concentrations after preterm delivery in the guinea pig

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1365-1375

  Kelleher, Meredith A ^a,b   Hirst, Jonathan J ^a,b   Palliser, Hannah K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

allopregnanolone; fetus; neonate; preterm birth; progesterone

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; ELTANOLONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GUINEA PIG; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANOLONE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGESTERONE; STEROIDS;

EID: 84885631062     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719113485295     Document Type: Article

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