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Abstract
Chronic crowding of mice during late pregnancy resulted in offspring of lowered birthweights and, in the females, delayed puberty and altered estrous cycles. Plasma corticosterone in the crowded dams was elevated acutely, lending some support to the hypothesis of adrenocortical mediation of prenatal stress effects.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3556526 DOI: 10.1007/BF01945561
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754