Time-specific effects of perinatal glucocorticoid treatment on anterior pituitary morphology, annexin 1 expression and adrenocorticotrophic hormone secretion in the adult female rat.

Perinatal glucocorticoid (GC) treatment is increasingly associated with long-term disturbances in hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical function. In the male rat, such treatment induces profound molecular, morphological and functional changes in the anterior pituitary gland at adulthood. To determine...

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Autori principali: John, C, Theogaraj, E, Christian, H, Morris, J, Smith, S, Buckingham, J
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2006