Plasma catecholamines in fetal and neonatal rats |
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Authors: | Nira Ben-Jonathan |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physiology Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA |
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Abstract: | During the last day of gestation, dopamine was higher in fetal than in maternal plasma whereas norepinephrine and epinephrine were similar. Immediately after birth, plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine fell to 10% of their levels in term fetuses, remained low in the second day of life and reached adult levels within one to two weeks. Plasma dopamine, however, did not reduce much after birth. The data are consistent with the predominance of the extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue in the fetus, its postnatal involution, and the delayed maturation of the adrenal medulla in the newborn. |
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