17β-oestradiol and progesterone regulate anandamide synthesis in the rat uterus

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Ribeiro, María L ^a   Vercelli, Claudia A ^a   Sordelli, Micaela S ^a   Farina, Mariana G ^a   Cervini, Marcos ^a   Billi, Silvia ^a   Franchi, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Implantation; Oestradiol; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ESTRADIOL; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; AMIDASE; AMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FATTY-ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE; NAPE PLD PROTEIN, RAT; NAPE-PLD PROTEIN, RAT; PHOSPHOLIPASE D;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; OVARIECTOMY; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 60549095607     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60258-1     Document Type: Article

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