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Oestrogen augments the fetal ovine hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis in response to hypotension

In the fetal sheep, parturition is triggered by an increase in the activity of the fetal hypothalamus- pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis which, in turn, augments the biosynthesis of oestrogen by the placenta. Parturition can be prevented or delayed by destruction of the paraventricular nucleus (PVN), pit...

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Main Authors: Purinton, Scott C, Wood, Charles E
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Science Inc 2002
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2290634/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12411534
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2002.025635
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