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Effects of maternal-melatonin treatment on open-field behaviors and hypertensive phenotype in spontaneously hypertensive rats' (SHR) offspring.
Experimental animals - 1 Jan 2002
Kim Choong-Yong, Lee Byeong-Noh, Kim Jin Suk
Abstract excerpt
Effects of maternal-melatonin treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were investigated in their offspring. Pregnant SHR were given drinking water with/without melatonin (20 micrograms melatonin/ml tap water) during pregnancy and the lactation period. Maternal-melatonin treatment did not cause changes in body weights during 7 to 27 weeks. Melatonin administration up to weaning period via mother caused...
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