Effects of chronic oestrogen treatment are not selective for uterine noradrenaline-containing sympathetic nerves: A transplantation study

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-355

  Brauer, M Mónica ^a   Chávez Genaro, Rebeca ^b   Llodrá, Jaime ^a   Richeri, Analia ^a   Scorza, M Cecilia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Myometrium; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NORADRENALIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; IRIS; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0343012081     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299006317     Document Type: Article

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