Estrous cycle-dependent histology and review of sex steroid receptor expression in dog reproductive tissues and mammary gland and associated hormone levels

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-245

  Rehm, Sabine ^a   Stanislaus, Dinesh J ^a   Williams, Ann M ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Estrous cycle; Histology; Hormones; Mammary gland; Ovary; Receptors; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34447272429     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20121     Document Type: Review

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