Effects of fetectomy on oxytocin receptors in the myometrium of the tammar wallaby

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1242-1249

  Siebel, Andrew L ^a   Gehring, Helen M ^a   Parry, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Female reproductive tract; Oxytocin; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

MESOTOCIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MARSUPIAL; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAMMAR WALLABY; UTERINE BODY DISEASE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 0036786859     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.4.1242     Document Type: Article

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