Expression of the oxytocin receptor in relation to steroid receptors in the uterus of a primate model, the marmoset monkey

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 634-646

  Einspanier, A ^a   Bielefeld, A ^a   Kopp, J H ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Marmoset monkey; Oxytocin receptor; Steroid receptors; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MARMOSET; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STROMA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; STROMAL CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 0032420565     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.5.634     Document Type: Conference Paper

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