Gonadotropin-releasing hormone 1 directly affects corpora lutea lifespan in mediterranean buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) during diestrus: Presence and in vitro effects on enzymatic and hormonal activities

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Zerani, Massimo ^a   Catone, Giuseppe ^a   Maranesi, Margherita ^b   Gobbetti, Anna ^a   Boiti, Cristiano ^b   Parillo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Corpus luteum; Gonadotropin releasing hormone 1 (GNRH1); progesterone; Prostaglandin F2alpha

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFESPAN; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; WATER BUFFALO;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RECEPTORS, LHRH;

BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 84869477526     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.099598     Document Type: Article

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