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Physiologic pseudocyesis

Known as: PREGNANCY, FALSE, spurious pregnancy, Pseudocyesis 
An acyclic state that resembles PREGNANCY in that there is no ovarian cycle, ESTROUS CYCLE, or MENSTRUAL CYCLE. Unlike pregnancy, there is no EMBRYO… 
National Institutes of Health

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12 relations
Anxiety stateDisorder of pregnancyEnlargement abdomenIn Blood

Broader (2)

Conversion disorderFemale Reproductive System Disorder

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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Evidence that human chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptor down-regulation involves decreased levels of receptor messenger ribonucleic acid.
Injection of pseudopregnant rats with pharmacological doses of hCG leads to a characteristic decrease in LH/hCG binding by the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Gestational changes in calbindin-D9k in rat uterus, yolk sac, and placenta: implications for maternal-fetal calcium transport and uterine muscle function.
Calbindin-D9k was quantified and its cellular location was defined in uterus, yolk sac, and placenta. In late gestation (days 17… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Bone marrow origin of decidual cell precursors in the pseudopregnant mouse uterus
Decidual cells are considered to be the endproduct of a hormonally induced transformation of endometrial stromal cells of the… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Adenylyl cyclase activities in ovarian tissues. III. Regulation of responsiveness to LH, FSH, and PGE1 in the prepubertal, cycling, pregnant, and pseudopregnant rat.
In the ovaries of prepubertal rats, responsiveness of adenylyl cyclase (AC) to LH, FSH, and PGE1 is acquired at day 10… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Stimulation of growth in the little mouse.
The new mouse mutation little (lit) in the homozygous state causes a pituitary deficiency involving at least growth hormone (GH… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Adenylyl cyclase activities in ovarian tissues. IV. Gonadotrophin-induced desensitization of the luteal adenylyl cyclase throughout pregnancy and pseudopregnancy in the rabbit and the rat.
We measured the adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity in dissected CL and the responsiveness of the AC system to LH, FSH, and… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Aggression in the female golden hamster: effects of reproductive state and social isolation.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Changes in the concentration of high-affinity oestradiol receptor in rat uterine supernatant preparations during the oestrous ycle, pseudopregnancy, pregnancy, maturation and after ovariectomy.
A quantitative method was used to determine the concentration of high-affinity oestradiol-receptor sites in rat uterine… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Activity changes in the tubero-infundibular dopamine neurons of the rat during various states of the reproductive cycle.
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
Sequence of histological changes in the uterus and vagina of the rat during prolongation of pseudopregnancy associated with the presence of deciduomata.
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