Progesterone suppression of activation of supraoptic nucleus (SON) neurones in late pregnancy in the rat

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 395, Issue , 1996, Pages 195-196

  Antonijevic, I ^a   Bicknell, R J ^a,b   Leng, G ^a   Russell, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHILDBIRTH; GIANT CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REVIEW; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029939803     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (3)

1. Antonijevic I, Leng G, Luckman SM, Douglas AJ, Bicknell RJ and Russell JA 1995. Induction of uterine activity in late pregnant rats replicates the expression of c-fos in neuroendocrine and brainstem neurones as seen during parturition. Endocrinology 136: 154-163.
2. Luckman SM, Antonijevic I, Leng G, Dye S, Douglas AJ, Russell JA and Bicknell RJ 1993. The maintenance of normal parturition in the rat requires neurohypophysial oxytocin. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 5:7-12.
3. Summerlee AJS 1989. Relaxin, opioids, and the timing of birth in rats. In: Brain Opioid Systems in Reproduction pp 257-270. Editors RG Dyer and RJ Bicknell. OUP: Oxford.