Effects of nitric oxide on ovulation and ovarian steroidogenesis and prostaglandin production in the rabbit

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3630-3637

  Yamauchi, Jun ^a   Miyazaki, Toyohiko ^a   Iwasaki, Shinya ^a   Kishi, Ikuko ^a   Kuroshima, Masako ^a   Tei, Chisei ^a   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; STEROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RABBIT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030854047     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.9.5392     Document Type: Article

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