Regulation of bovine cervical secretion of prostaglandins and synthesis of cyclooxygenase by oxytocin

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 525-530

  Shemesh, Mordechai ^a,b   Dombrovski, Ludmila ^a   Gurevich, Michael ^a   Shore, Laurence S ^a   Fuchs, Anna Rita ^d   Fields, Michael J ^c  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Indomethacin; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INDOMETHACIN; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031452030     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R96114     Document Type: Article

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