Assessment of Permeability Barriers to Macromolecules in the Rodent Endometrium at the Onset of Implantation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 763, Issue , 2011, Pages 83-94

  Bany, Brent M ^a   Hamilton, G Scot ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Embryo implantation; Endometrium; Uterus; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COLORING AGENT; EVANS BLUE; RADIOIODINATED HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NIDATION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHROMIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COLORING AGENTS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EVANS BLUE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PERMEABILITY; PREGNANCY; RODENTIA; SERUM ALBUMIN, RADIO-IODINATED;

RODENTIA;

EID: 80054748393     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-191-8_5     Document Type: Chapter

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