Research data supporting 'Glucocorticoid maturation of mitochondrial respiratory capacity in skeletal muscle before birth'

This provides data used to establish whether cortisol affect maturation of mitochondrial function in fetal skeletal muscles towards term. It provides the respiratory rates, hormone concentrations and expression of mitochondrially relevant genes and proteins in muscle from sheep fetuses either infused with cortisol or saline (as controls) or adrenalectomised (AX) and sham operated (as controls) to prevent the normal increase in fetal cortisol