Ontogeny of immunoreactive prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase isoforms in ovine fetal pituitary, hypothalamus and brainstem

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 287-291

  Deauseault, Deanna ^a   Giroux, Damian ^a   Wood, Charles E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Corticotropin; Cyclooxygenase; Gestation; Ovine; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTANOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FETUS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABOR INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0034023743     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054548     Document Type: Article

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