Roles of reproductive corticotropin-releasing hormone

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 997, Issue , 2003, Pages 129-135

  Kalantaridou, Sophia N ^a,f   Makrigiannakis, Antonis ^b   Mastorakos, George ^c   Chrousos, George P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Implantation; Ovarian CRH; Parturition; Placental CRH; Uterine CRH

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECIDUALIZATION; DEPRESSION; ENDOMETRIUM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LUTEOLYSIS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BIRTH; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FALLOPIA; POLYOMMATINAE;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARTURITION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0642272535     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1290.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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