Motelica-Heino I, Roffi J. Norepinephrine in fetal and neonatal rabbit brain.
EXPERIENTIA 1975;
31:1166-7. [PMID:
1204727 DOI:
10.1007/bf02326772]
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Abstract
In the first hour after parturition, the newborn rabbit brain norepinephrine content is about 37% less than that of the fetus of 30th or 31st day. Later on, within 2 to 4 h, the norepinephrine level returns to the prenatal value and remains unchanged between 8 to 12 h. This transitory fall of the brain norepinephrine seems to be linked to the stress conditions which occur during parturition.
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