Use of the progesterone (P4) receptor antagonist aglepristone to characterize the role of P4 withdrawal for parturition and placental release in cows

Reproduction

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 623-632

  Shenavai, Sima ^a   Hoffmann, Bernd ^a   Dilly, Marc ^b   Pfarrer, Christiane ^b   Özalp, Gözde R ^c   Caliskan, Caglar ^c   Seyrek Intas, Kamil ^c   Schuler, Gerhard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLEPRISTONE; ANTIGESTAGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRANE DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEOLYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RETAINED PLACENTA; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; ESTRENES; ESTRONE; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PARTURITION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 77957973988     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0182     Document Type: Article

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