Effect of glucocorticoids injected into pregnant female mice and rats on weight of male sexual glands in adult offspring and testosterone level in fetus is genotype-dependent.

doi:10.1007/BF01919370

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Effect of glucocorticoids injected into pregnant female mice and rats on weight of male sexual glands in adult offspring and testosterone level in fetus is genotype-dependent.

Experientia - 15 Aug 1994

Shishkina G T, Dygalo N N

Abstract excerpt

Injection of corticosterone into CBA/Lac, C57BL/6J and BALB/c mice, or hydrocortisone into aggressive and domesticated rats, on days 16 and 18 of pregnancy decreased the weight of sexual glands in adult male offspring of the C57BL/6J and domesticated mothers but increased these values in male off...

Topics

Aggression
Animals
Corticosterone
Female
Genotype
Hydrocortisone
Male
Maternal-Fetal Exchange
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Inbred CBA
Organ Size
Penis
Pregnancy
Rats
Reference Values
Sebaceous Glands

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PMID: 8070532
DOI: 10.1007/BF01919370

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