Maturational Studies of the Hypophyseal-adrenal Axis in Rat |
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12 days 21 days 3-day-old animals adrenal ascorbic acid adrenal atrophy adrenal cortex adrenal corticosterone content adrenal gland adrenalectomy adrenocortical Analysis of Variance ascorbic acid depletion assay atrophy basal levels blood samples body weight Cholesterol Implanted Female cholesterol implanted mothers cholesterol offspring circulating ACTH content of ACTH corticotropin cross fostering crystalline hydrocortisone day of pregnancy days of age decapitated decrease in adrenal Doctor of Philosophy electric shock elevation of plasma epinephrine F offspring fetal adrenal fetus following stress function glucocorticoids hydrocortisone acetate hypophysectomy hypothalamus implantation of crystalline Implanted and Cholesterol infant rats injection levels of circulating levels of plasma Levine litter median eminence Milkovic & Milkovic mouse ND ND ND neonatal neuroendocrine offspring of hydrocortisone pituitary ACTH content pituitary and adrenal pituitary content plasma ACTH plasma corticosterone concentration plasma steroid postnatal postnatal development prenatal development release response to stress significantly stress-induced elevation tube values various age groups Wgts