Exogenous estradiol enhances apoptosis in regressing post-partum rat corpora lutea possibly mediated by prolactin

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Goyeneche, Alicia A ^a   Telleria, Carlos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; BROMOCRIPTINE; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PUERPERIUM; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; BIRTH; BLOOD; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LUTEOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BROMOCRIPTINE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; LUTEOLYSIS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 27344440817     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-3-40     Document Type: Article

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