Adrenal influence on the persistence of pseudopregnancy in rats

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 357-362

  Kawaminami, Mitsumori ^a   Yoshida, Makoto ^a   Moriai, Yutaka ^a   Kurusu, Shiro ^a   Hashimoto, Inoru ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Corticosterone; Prolactin surge; Pseudopregnancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; CORPUS LUTEUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; PROLACTIN; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036022470     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.49.357     Document Type: Article

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