Comparative aspects of oxytocin in baboon (Papio hamadryus anubis) and human corpora lutea

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-382

  Khan Dawood, Firyal S ^a   Dawood, M Yusoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Cell cell interaction; Corpus luteum; Human; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

ATOSIBAN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; UVOMORULIN;

BABOON; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GAP JUNCTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN VEIN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; PAPIO; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

EID: 0031733628     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.4.371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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