Endocannabinoid signaling in female reproduction

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 349-355

  Sun, Xiaofei ^a   Dey, Sudhansu K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; embryo; implantation; oviduct; placentation; uterus

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

CANNABINOIDS; EMBRYO; IMPLANTATION; OVIDUCT; PLACENTATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 84862082798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn300014e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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