Effects of dexamethasone on estrogen- and pregnancy-induced plasticity in rat uterine sympathetic nerves

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-425

  Bianchimano, P ^a   Frias A I ^b   Richeri, A ^a   Brauer, M M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Eosinophils; Glucocorticoids; Inflammation; Rat (Wistar derived, female, albino); Stress

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; ESTRADIOL CIPIONATE; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; UTERUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; EOSINOPHILS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THYMUS GLAND; UTERUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 36048929529     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0444-0     Document Type: Article

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