The differential coupling of oxytocin receptors to uterine contractions in murine estrous cycle

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 321, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 695-699

  Kawamata, Masaki ^a   Tonomura, Yutaka ^a   Kimura, Tadashi ^b   Yanagisawa, Teruyuki ^c   Nishimori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contraction; Estrous cycle; Mouse; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor; Uterus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

MURINAE;

EID: 4344612892     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.019     Document Type: Article

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