Oxytocin and oxytocin receptor expression in reproductive tissues of the male marmoset monkey

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 416-422

  Einspanier, Almuth ^a   Ivell, Richard ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SERTOLI CELLS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; MYOIDEA; PLATYRRHINI;

EID: 0031050917     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.2.416     Document Type: Article

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