We have previously shown in sheep that 10 days of modest chronic increase in maternal cortisol result in fetal heart enlargement and Purkinje cell apoptosis. In subsequent studies in which we extended the duration of cortisol infusion (1mg/kg/d) to term, we found a dramatic incidence of stillbirth i...
DNA methylation analysis using HumanMethylation850K BeadChips (Illumina) in human blood samples before and after an 18 months weight-loss intervention: the CENTRAL study [randomized controlled trial; NCT01530724]. All subjects underwent either Mediterranean/low-carbohydrate or low-fat diet with or w...
Fetuses respond to transient hypoxia (a common stressor in utero) with cellular responses that are appropriate for promoting survival of the fetus. The present experiment was performed to identify the acute genomic responses of the fetal hypothalamus to transient hypoxia. Three fetal sheep were ex...
Normal development in the brain requires temporal changes in gene expression. A better understanding of the genomics of the fetal brain during late gestation can help to improve our understanding of the molecular events that enable the newborn to survive extra-uterine life. The purpose of the prese...
Transient hypoxia in pregnancy stimulates a physiological reflex response that redistributes blood flow and defends oxygen delivery to the fetal brain. The chemoreceptor reflex that is responsible for this physiological response is dependent on glutamatergic neurotransmission which, in times of vig...
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Estradiol (E2) is a well-known modulator of fetal neuroendocrine activity, and has been proposed as a critical endocrine signal readying the fetus for birth and postnatal life. To investigate the modulatory role of E2 on fetal stress responsiveness and the response of the fetal brain to asphyxic st...
