Aberrant cannabinoid signaling impairs oviductal transport of embryos

Nature Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1074-1080

  Wang, Haibin ^a   Guo, Yong ^a   Wang, Dingzhi ^a   Kingsley, Philip J ^b   Marnett, Lawrence J ^b   Das, Sanjoy K ^a,b   DuBois, Raymond N ^a,b   Dey, Sudhansu K ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ISOPRENALINE; METHANANDAMIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; ISOPROTERENOL; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVUM TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 7044227445     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1104     Document Type: Article

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