Treatment of neonatal rats with progesterone alters the capacity of the uterus to form deciduomata.
Progesterone, given to rats on Days 7-9 after birth, abolishes the capacity of the adult uterus to form a deciduoma. Treatment on Days 3-5 reduces the response and on Days 13-15 has no effect.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development*; D003656:Decidua / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects*; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D005260:Female; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
D011374:Progesterone