Electroacupuncture enhances extragonadal aromatization in ovariectomized rats

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Zhao, Hong ^a   Tian, Zhanzhuang ^a   Cheng, Lina ^a   Chen, Boying ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BETA ACTIN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GONAD FUNCTION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIOMETRY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VAGINA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CORTICOSTERONE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LIVER; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; VAGINA;

EID: 4344669827     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-2-18     Document Type: Article

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