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Exposure of animals to hypobaric hypoxia throughout development is a stress that results in a variety of endocrine-related changes. In the rat, neonatal mortality is common at high altitude (HA) with losses as high as 80% by weaning age (CHIODI, 1964; KELLEY and PACE, 1968; NELSON and CONS, 1975). Altered activity of several endocrine organs has been reported in those rats which survive.
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Nelson, M.L. (1978). Endocrine Responses to Chronic High Altitude Exposure. In: Assenmacher, I., Farner, D.S. (eds) Environmental Endocrinology. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66981-1_45
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