Changes in expression of P2X1 receptors and connexin 43 in the rat myometrium during pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 1174-1179

  Khanam, Tina ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; connexin 43; immunofluorescence; myometrium; P2X1 receptor; rat

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X1 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLADDER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2;

EID: 34848898714     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.130     Document Type: Article

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