Effect of oestradiol and progesterone on the instant and directional velocity of microsphere movements in the rat oviduct: Gap junctions mediate the kinetic effect of oestradiol

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 634-640

  Ríos, Mariana ^a   Hermoso, Marcela ^b   Sánchez, Trinidad M ^a   Croxatto, Horacio B ^a,c,d   Villalón, Manuel J ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; BLUE DEXTRAN; CONNEXIN 43; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MICROSPHERE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRANSPORT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; ESTRADIOL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; KINETICS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; OVUM TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34347402026     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06146     Document Type: Article

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