Luteal and placental function in the bitch: Spatio-temporal changes in prolactin receptor (PRLr) expression at dioestrus, pregnancy and normal and induced parturition

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kowalewski, Mariusz P ^a   Michel, Erika ^a   Gram, Aykut ^a   Boos, Alois ^a   Guscetti, Franco ^a   Hoffmann, Bernd ^b   Aslan, Selim ^c   Reichler, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLEPRISTON; AGLEPRISTONE; ANTIGESTAGEN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREEDING; DOG; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; DOGS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN;

EID: 79961009474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-109     Document Type: Article

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