Down-regulation of oxytocin receptors and secretion of prostaglandin F(2α) after chronic treatment of ewes with estradiol-17β

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1576-1581

  Hazzard, Timothy M ^a   Stormshak, Fredrick ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DINOPROST; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030925333     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.6.1576     Document Type: Article

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