Relationship between mouse uterine contractility, nitric oxide and prostaglandin production in early pregnancy

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-167

  Boquet, M ^a   Cebral, E ^a   Motta, A ^a   Beron De Astrada M ^a   Gimeno, M A F ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031760488     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(98)90057-6     Document Type: Article

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