Expression of type I GNRH receptor and in vivo and in vitro GNRH-I effects in corpora lutea of pseudopregnant rabbits

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-300

  Zerani, Massimo ^a   Parillo, Francesco ^a   Brecchia, Gabriele ^b   Guelfi, Gabriella ^b   Dall'Aglio, Cecilia ^b   Lilli, Lorena ^b   Maranesi, Margherita ^b   Gobbetti, Anna ^a   Boiti, Cristiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUSERELIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; ITURELIX; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C INHIBITOR; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROTEIN GNRH 1; PROTEIN GNRHR 1; STAUROSPORINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASPIRIN; BUSERELIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIGLYCERIDES; DINOPROST; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; P-METHOXY-N-METHYLPHENETHYLAMINE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, LHRH; STAUROSPORINE; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

EID: 78650057200     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-10-0109     Document Type: Article

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