Activation of cfos in ovine fetal corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons at the time of parturition

Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 3227-3233

  Hoffman, Gloria E ^a,b   McDonald, Thomas ^a,b   Shedwick, Ruth ^a,b   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SHEEP; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025751541     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-129-6-3227     Document Type: Article

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