Counter current transfer of P-endorphin in the perihypophyseal cavernous sinus - Carotid rete vascular complex of sheep

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 308-313

  Skipor, J ^a   Grzegorzewski, W ^a   Wasowska B ^a   Krzymowski, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Counter current transfer; Rete mirabile caroticum; Sheep; endorphin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BETA ENDORPHIN; MEMBRANE ENZYME; OUABAIN;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; JUGULAR VEIN; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030666854     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211770     Document Type: Article

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