Neutralization of relaxin within the brain affects the timing of birth in rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 479-484

  Summerlee, A J S ^a   Ramsey, D G ^a   Poterski, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

EID: 0031788013     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.2.5741     Document Type: Article

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