Blockade of estrogen receptors decreases CNS and pituitary prostaglandin synthase expression in fetal sheep

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Schaub, Christine E ^a   Keller Wood, Maureen ^b   Wood, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor blockade; Fetal sheep; Pituitary prostaglandin synthase

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; HYDROCORTISONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SHEEP;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FETUS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 39749180459     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109664     Document Type: Article

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