Stimulatory effects of ghrelin on spontaneous contractions in the rat myometrium;Ghrelin'in siçan miyometriyumundaki spontan kasilmalara uyarici etkileri

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-38

  Dayangaç, Alpaslan ^a   Kutlu, Selim ^b   Konar, Vahit ^b  

^a AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Myometrium; Rat; Spontaneous contractions

Indexed keywords

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 76449090238     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/biy-0811-25     Document Type: Article

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