Gastric emptying and gastrointestinal transit during lactation in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3 35-3, 1997, Pages

  Chen, Tseng Shing ^a,b   Doong, Ming Luen ^a   Wang, Shyi Wu ^c   Tsai, Shiow Chwen ^a   Lu, Chien Chen ^a   Shih, Hsi Chang ^a   Chen, Yen Hao ^a   Chang, Full Young ^b   Lee, Shou Dong ^b   Wang, Paulus S ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

weaning progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM 51; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STOMACH EMPTYING; TEST MEAL; UTERUS WEIGHT; WEANING;

EID: 0030966814     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.3.g626     Document Type: Article

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