Up-regulation of oxytocin receptors in non-pregnant rat myometrium by isoproterenol: Effects of steroids

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 403-411

  Engstrom T ^a,b   Bratholm, P ^a   Christensen, N J ^a   Vilhardt, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; ISOPRENALINE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STEROID THERAPY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOPROTERENOL; MYOMETRIUM; OVARIECTOMY; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0033064369     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1610403     Document Type: Article

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