Hormonal modulation of benzodiazepines' actions on rat isolated uterus

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 302, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 99-108

  Yiu, Man Kit ^a   Kwan, Yiu Wa ^a,b   Ngan, Man Piu ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

4' Chlorodiazepam; Ca2+ channel; Clonazepam; Diazepam; PK 11195; Sex hormone, female; Uterus, rat

Indexed keywords

4' CHLORODIAZEPAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ESTROGEN; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RELAXATION;

EID: 0342855239     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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