Effect of environmental pollutants on oxytocin synthesis and secretion from corpus luteum and on contractions of uterus from pregnant cows

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Mlynarczuk, Jaroslaw ^a   Wrobel, Michal H ^a   Kotwica, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cow; Early pregnancy; Luteal cells; Oxytocin; Progesterone; Uterine contractions; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDYL GLYCINE ALPHA AMIDATING MONO OXYGENASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 77; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LUTEAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; ISOMERISM; LINDANE; LUTEAL CELLS; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERINE CONTRACTION; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 77955921851     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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