Deviant peri-oestrual hormone patterns affect the epithelium of the uterine tube in repeat-breeder heifers

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 461-469

  Båge, Renée ^a   Masironi, Britt ^b   Sahlin, Lena ^b   Rodríguez Martínez, Heriberto ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bovine; Fallopian tube; Immunohistochemistry; Oestrogen; Oviduct; Progesterone; Receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETORY CELL; SUBFERTILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0037003552     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd02029     Document Type: Article

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