Comparison of vasopressin and oxytocin receptors in the rat uterus and vascular tissue

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-96

  Anouar, Abdelmajid ^a   Clerget, Marie Stéphanie ^a   Durroux, Thierry ^b   Barberis, Claude ^b   Germain, Guy ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Oxytocin receptor; Pregnancy; Rat; Uterus; Vasopressin receptor

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0030579857     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00258-0     Document Type: Article

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