A high resolution SEM study of the effects of RU486, used as a postcoital contraceptive, on the rat uterus during early pregnancy

Cell Biology International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 436-446

  Scholtz, Kathrine E ^a,b   Penny, Clem B ^b   Hosie, Margot J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mifepristone; Plasma membrane transformation; Progesterone; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MICROVILLUS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; MIFEPRISTONE; PREGNANCY; RATS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 43049121287     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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