Article
[Effect of the genotype on the reactivity of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-adrenal system of chick embryos].
Zhurnal evoliutsionnoi biokhimii i fiziologii - 1 Jan 2000
Avrutina A Ia, Kisliuk S M, Soltitskaia L P, Tatarchuk V V
Abstract excerpt
Studies have been made on embryos of two hen lines selected by their reaction to cold stress (highly and lowly reactive ones). The adrenals of 16-day chick embryo react to the injection of the ACTH by synthesis of glucocorticoids and by their secretion into the blood. The rate of this reaction is higher in highly reactive line of hens. The hypothalamo-hypophyseal-adrenal system in chicks begins to respond to the...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
- Animals
- Chick Embryo
- Cold Temperature
- Genotype
- Glucocorticoids
- Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System
- Pituitary-Adrenal System
- Stress, Physiological