Interaction between uterine PGE and PGF(2α) production and the nitridergic system during embryonic implantation in the rat

Prostaglandins

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 363-376

  Novaro, V ^a   Rettori, V ^a   Gonzalez E T ^a   Jawerbaum, A ^a   Faletti, A ^a   Canteros, G ^a   De Gimeno, M A F ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

dexamethasone; embryonic implantation; L NAME; nitric oxide synthase; PGE and PGF(2 ); phospholipase A2

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0030174592     PISSN: 00906980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(96)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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