Fig. 3.
Mean aortic pressure (A, F, and K), systolic pressure (B, G, and L), diastolic pressure (C, H, and M), heart rate (D, I, and N), and rate-pressure product (E, J, and O) during late gestation (A–E), the immediate perinatal period (F–J), and 10 min after birth (K–O) in fetuses of control ewes (○) or fetuses of ewes infused with cortisol during pregnancy (1.0 mg·kg−1·day−1; ●). *Significant effect of time. ***Significant interaction between the effects of maternal cortisol treatment and time. †Values significantly different between groups at the indicated time point.