Pinealectomy changes rat ovarian interstitial cell morphology and decreases progesterone receptor expression

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-123

  Soares Jr , J M ^a   Simoes M J ^a   Oshima, C T F ^b   Mora, O A ^a   De Lima, G R ^b   Baracat, E C ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FOSP   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estrogen Levels; Interstitial Cells; Ovaries; Pinealectomy; Progesterone Receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; OVARY FUNCTION; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 1642581610     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/gye.17.2.115.123     Document Type: Article

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