Involvement of muscarinic receptors in the control of female puberty in the rat

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-96

  Trkulja, Vladimir ^a   Lacković, Zdravko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cholinergic system; Muscarinic receptor; Ovary; Puberty, female

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; DNA; GUANETHIDINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE; PROTEIN; RNA; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMATURITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VAGINA;

EID: 0030029794     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(95)00821-7     Document Type: Article

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