Hyperthermia as a teratogenic agent.
The common cotton-eared marmoset, a nonhuman primate with a narrow zone of thermoneutrality, was used in an experiment to assess the effects of hyperthermia as a teratogenic agent. Mild heat stress conditions were used. The results of this preliminary study justify further investigation of the effect of hyperthermia on the primate embryo during morphogenesis.
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D002585:Cesarean Section; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005334:Fever; D000882:Haplorhini; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007185:Incubators; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011859:Radiography; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging