Prostaglandin E and F receptor expression and myometrial sensitivity at labor onset in the sheep

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 937-943

  Palliser, Hannah K ^a   Hirst, Jonathan J ^a   Ooi, Guck T ^b   Rice, Gregory E ^c   Dellios, Nicole L ^a   Escalona, Ruth M ^b   Parkington, Helena C ^a   Young, I Ross ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Parturition; Placenta; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F; PROSTAGLANDIN F RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LABOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MYOMETRIUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 15544367725     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.035311     Document Type: Article

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