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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Front Neuroendocrinol. 2014 Apr 1;35(4):439–446. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.03.004

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Mean (SE) cortisol during mid-to-late pregnancy in rhesus monkeys, demonstrating significant differences between levels in the maternal and fetal compartments. Sixteen matched samples were obtained at caesarian delivery across Days 125–162 ga. Dexamethasone (0.5 mg/kg at 12 hr intervals) was administered to 4 other gravid females, and blood samples obtained 5–7 days later on Day 135 ga. The Dex inhib ition of fetal cortisol was significantly more prolonged, reflecting the permissive placental transfer of Dex and its persistence in the fetal compartment.