Early development of the brain's neural circuitry has been shown to be vulnerable to high levels of circulating steroid hormones such as corticosterone. These steroid hormones are lipophylic and can cross the placental ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a common, inherited cardiac muscle disease, is primarily caused by mutations in sarcomeric protein-encoding genes and is characterized by overgrowth of ventricular muscle that is highly variable ...

The absolute and relative adrenal mass as well as histological sections of the adrenals of springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) (n = 76; 36 ewes and 39 rams) were studied over a period of 12 months. No significant difference ...