The effect of Nestorone on gonadotropic cells in pituitary of rats

Contraception

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 505-511

  Zhao, Xiao Feng ^b   Xu, Yan Qun ^b   Wang, Yan Ling ^a   Leng, Ying ^b   Cao, Lin ^b   Jin, Jing De ^c   Gu, Zhi Ping ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c Zhejiang Xianju Second Pharmaceutic Factory   (China)

Author keywords

Gonadotropic cells; LH; LH mRNA; Nestorone; PR mRNA

Indexed keywords

ELCOMETRINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION INHIBITION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DNA PRIMERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; NORPROGESTERONES; OVULATION; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 2442526849     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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