The presence of activin A and its effects have previously been documented in the adrenal
gland, particularly in the human fetal adrenal gland and the rat adrenal gland. The primary …

The vertebrate corticosteroid stress response is highly conserved and a key function is to
restore homeostasis by mobilizing and reallocating energy stores. This process is primarily …

Various mechanisms exist to prevent a potentially deleterious maternal immune response
that results in compromising survival of semiallogeneic fetus. In pregnancy, there is a …

Wild and captive vertebrates face multiple stressors that all have the potential to induce
chronic maternal stress (ie, sustained, elevated plasma glucocorticoids), resulting in embryo …

Thyroid hormones (THs) have long been known to have regulatory roles in the differentiation
and maturation of vertebrate embryos, beginning with the knowledge that hormones of …

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are important mediators of key cellular events. Herein, we
investigated the effect of adding cortisol to the IVM medium on the acquisition of …

Spermatozoa have been shown to carry key RNAs which, according to animal evidence,
seem to play a role in early embryo development. In this context, a potential key growth …

There is growing evidence for nongenetic effects of maternal experience on offspring. For
example, previous studies have shown that female threespined stickleback fish …

We investigated the effects of an early boost of cortisol exposure in rainbow trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss) eggs during fertilisation on subsequent behavioural responses …

Maternal stress has been shown to affect behaviour of offspring in a wide range of animals,
but this evidence has come from studies that exposed gestating mothers to acute or severe …