Increased 5-HT contractile response in late pregnant rat myometrium is associated with a higher density of 5-HT2A receptors

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 581, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-97

  Minosyan, Tamara Y ^a   Lu, Rong ^a   Eghbali, Mansoureh ^a   Toro, Ligia ^a   Stefani, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TENSION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; BINDING AFFINITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEROTONIN RELEASE; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34248227720     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.129726     Document Type: Article

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