Steroid hormones augment nitric oxide synthase activity and expression in rat uterus

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 269-274

  Ogando, D ^a   Farina, M ^a   Ribeiro, M L ^a   Perez Martinez, S ^a   Cella, M ^a   Rettori, V ^a   Franchi, A ^a  

^a Ctr of Pharmacol Botanical Studies   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGININE; CALCIUM ION; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; INCUBATION TIME; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GUANIDINES; ISOENZYMES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0942287888     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD03013     Document Type: Article

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