Placental corticotropin-releasing hormone may be a stimulator of maternal pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion in humans.

To clarify the physiological role of placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), we measured plasma CRH, ACTH, and cortisol throughout pregnancy. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) CRH levels and ACTH responsiveness to synthetic CRH were also quantified in pregnant and nonpregnant women. Maternal plasma...

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Main Authors: Sasaki, A, Shinkawa, O, Yoshinaga, K
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1989
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC304083/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2556451
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