Functional melatonin receptors in rat ovaries at various stages of the estrous cycle

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 694-702

  Soares Jr , Jose M ^a,b   Masana, Monica I ^a   Erşahin, Çaǧatay ^a,c   Dubocovich, Margarita L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; 4 PHENYL 2 PROPIONAMIDOTETRALINE; CYCLIC AMP; DIGOXIGENIN; ESTRADIOL; FORSKOLIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); IODINE 125; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROPIONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0038637147     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.049916     Document Type: Article

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