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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1981-6-25
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pubmed:abstractText |
The plasma catecholamine response to parturition was studied in two groups of chronically catheterized fetal sheep. Group I consisted of full term pregnancies with a mean gestation of 147 days at delivery. Group II was comprised of fetal sheep infused with cortisol to induce premature delivery at a mean gestational age of 135 days. Plasma catecholamine concentrations were measured in group I mothers and fetuses and group II fetuses by radioenzymatic assay using 50 microliter samples. Uterine contractions began 4--14 h before delivery in both groups. Significant increases in fetal plasma norepinephrine (NE) concentrations occurred within 3 h of delivery in both groups. Group I plasma epinephrine (E) and group I and II plasma dopamine levels were significantly increased within 1 h of delivery. Only plasma E levels differed in group I and II fetuses; there was no significant rise in plasma E concentrations in cortisol-infused (group II) fetuses. Maternal plasma NE and E concentrations were increased 2--3 h before delivery in group I animals. Maternal plasma dopamine concentrations were only elevated 30 min before delivery when plasma NE and E levels were highest.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0013-7227
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
108
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1678-82
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Dopamine,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Epinephrine,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Fetal Blood,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Gestational Age,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Hydrocortisone,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Labor, Induced,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Labor, Obstetric,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Norepinephrine,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Pregnancy,
pubmed-meshheading:7215291-Sheep
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pubmed:year |
1981
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Plasma norepinephrine, epinephrine, and dopamine concentrations in maternal and fetal sheep during spontaneous parturition and in premature sheep during cortisol-induced parturition.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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