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A paradigm of pharmacological adrenalectomy of pregnant rats and fetuses in utero is described. A regimen of twice daily metyrapone injections (10 mg/100 gm body weight), results in marked depression of serum corticosterone in pregnant and in fetal rats without surgical trauma and stress. The technique should be useful in a wide variety of studies involving the developing brain-adrenal axis.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2169559 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(90)90607-s
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Life Sci ISSN: 0024-3205 Impact factor: 5.037