Effect of secretion of splenocytes after superior ovarian nerve section on the ovarian steroidogenesis

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-299

  Forneris, Myriam ^a   Oliveros, Liliana ^a   Aguado, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptors; Ovarian steroidogenesis; Splenocytes; Superior ovarian nerve

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SPLEEN CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SPLEEN;

EID: 0033017363     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026387     Document Type: Article

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