Secretion and reabsorption of uterine luminal fluid in rats.
Treatment of ovariectomized rats with oestradiol-17beta and progesterone demonstrated that oestradiol-17beta causes secretion of sodium, potassium and water into the lumen of the uterine horn and that progesterone causes reabsorption of these substances.
D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000032:analysis; D002369:Castration; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D011188:Potassium / Q000032:analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D012964:Sodium / Q000032:analysis; D014599:Uterus / Q000378:metabolism*
D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium