Increases in plasma concentration of progesterone by protease-sensitive urinary pheromones in female rats

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1770-1772

  Tomioka, Mayumi ^a   Murayama, Toshihiko ^b   Kashiwayanagi, Makoto ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pheromone; Progesterone; Rat; Urine; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHEROMONES; PROGESTERONE; PRONASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 24944472154     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.28.1770     Document Type: Article

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