"Pseudopregnancy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An acyclic state that resembles PREGNANCY in that there is no ovarian cycle, ESTROUS CYCLE, or MENSTRUAL CYCLE. Unlike pregnancy, there is no EMBRYO IMPLANTATION. Pseudopregnancy can be experimentally induced to form DECIDUOMA in the UTERUS.
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D011555
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.784.769.887
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pseudopregnancy" by people in Profiles.
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Joshi A, Mahfooz S, Maurya VK, Kumar V, Basanna CS, Kaur G, Hanif K, Jha RK. PARP1 during embryo implantation and its upregulation by oestradiol in mice. Reproduction. 2014 Jun; 147(6):765-80.
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Northrop LE, Polston EK, Erskine MS. Noradrenergic nuclei that receive sensory input during mating and project to the ventromedial hypothalamus play a role in mating-induced pseudopregnancy in the female rat. J Neuroendocrinol. 2010 Oct; 22(10):1061-71.
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Erskine MS, Lehmann ML, Cameron NM, Polston EK. Co-regulation of female sexual behavior and pregnancy induction: an exploratory synthesis. Behav Brain Res. 2004 Aug 31; 153(2):295-315.
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Polston EK, Heitz M, Barnes W, Cardamone K, Erskine MS. NMDA-mediated activation of the medial amygdala initiates a downstream neuroendocrine memory responsible for pseudopregnancy in the female rat. J Neurosci. 2001 Jun 01; 21(11):4104-10.
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Grissom FE, Brooks CL, Littleton GK. The effect of placenta on lactogen receptor in pseudopregnant rabbits. Endocr Res. 1990; 16(1):51-75.