Influence of pregnancy and labor on the occurrence of nerve fibers expressing the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 in human corpus and cervix uteri

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tingåker, Berith K ^a   Ekman Ordeberg, Gunvor ^a   Facer, Paul ^b   Irestedt, Lars ^a   Anand, Praveen ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERIPHERIN; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; TRPV1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LABOR PAIN; MENORRHAGIA; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; STROMA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS MYOMA; LABOR; METABOLISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NERVE FIBERS; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRPV CATION CHANNELS; UTERUS;

EID: 40149104385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-8     Document Type: Article

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