Comparative quantitative assessment of GnRH- and LH-receptor mRNA expression in the urinary tract of sexually intact and spayed female dogs

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1134-1142

  Reichler, I M ^a   Welle, M ^b   Sattler, U ^b   Jochle W ^c   Roos, M ^d   Hubler, M ^a   Barth, A ^a   Arnold, S ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Bern Institute of Animal Pathology   (Switzerland)

^c Wolfgang Jöchle ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bitch; GnRH receptor; LH receptor; Lower urinary tract; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; URINARY TRACT;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, LH; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA, MESSENGER; URINARY TRACT;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33847791925     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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