Title | Endocrine and Biochemical Development of the Fetus and Neonate [electronic resource] / edited by Josรฉ M. Cuezva, Ana M. Pascual-Leone, Mulchand S. Patel |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1990 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9567-0 |
Descript | IX, 316 p. online resource |
Endocrine and Functional Aspects of Development -- Endocrine Cytodifferentiation of the Rat Fetal Testis -- Transfer of Thyroid Hormones from the Mother to the Fetus -- Neonatal Development of the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme. Effect of Hypothyroidism -- Development of the Pancreatic B-cells: Growth Pattern and Functional Maturation -- Insulin Receptor Binding Activity in Skeletal Muscle During Pregnancy -- Insulin Binding and Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Activity in Rat Liver at Term Gestation -- Glucose Homeostasis in Suckling Rats Undernourished During Intrauterine Life -- Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Sensitivity During Suckling Period in Rats -- Maturation of the Sympathetic Nervous System: Role in Neonatal Physiological Adaptations and in Cellular Development of Peripheral Tisues -- Effect of Thyroxine and Cortisol on Brain Catecholamines in Neonatal Rats -- G-Proteins in Neonatal Liver: Ontogeny and Relationship to Activation of Adenylate Cyclase -- Postnatal Development of ?-adrenergic Receptor Kinase Activity in Different Tissues of the Rat -- Molecular and Functional Aspects of Mitochondrial Development -- Perinatal Development of Liver Mitochondrial Function -- Postnatal Mitochondrial Differentiation in the Newborn Rat -- Uncoupling Protein mRNA Expression During the Perinatal Period of the Rat -- Iodothyronine 5?-Deiodinase Activity in Brown Adipose Tissue During Perinatal Development -- Characterization of a System to Study the Uncoupling Protein Expression in Brown Adipocyte Primary Cultures -- Development and Molecular Biology of Mammalian Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex -- Metabolic Aspects of Development -- Fuel Supply to the Brain During the Early Postnatal Period -- Utilization of the Main Metabolic Substrates by Freshly Isolated Cells from the Fetal Rat Brain -- The Use of Primary Culture of Astrocytes to Study Glial Development. Effect of Ethanol -- Regulation of Protein Synthesis During Brain Development. Role for Initation Factor 2 -- Lipid Metabolic Interactions in the Mother During Pregnancy and Their Fetal Repercussions -- Surfactant Lipids and Proteins in the Perinatal and Adult Lung -- Effect of Maternal Diabetes on Fetal Lung Maturation -- Lipoprotein Lipase in Newborn Rat Liver: Cellular Localization and Site of Synthesis -- Long-Term Consequences of High Carbohydrate Intake During the Suckling Period on Lipid Synthesis in the Adult Rat -- Fetal-Placental Interactions in the Control of Prenatal Growth -- Fetal/Maternal Plasma Amino Acid Relationships in the Streptozotocin Diabetic Rat -- Effect of Physiological Changes in Cystathionase Activity on Amino Acid and Glutathione Metabolism in Rat Fetus -- Amino Acid Uptake by Liver in Pregnant and Lactating Rats -- Regulation of the Urea Cycle During Lactation -- Ontogenesis of Copper and Zinc Carriers in Rat Plasma -- Participants and Contributors