The effects of prostaglandin F2alpha treatment on peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors in the ovary and uterus during pseudopregnancy of rats.

A previous study by us indicated that peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) density may be increased in the ovaries and uterus of pregnant rats (Weizman R, Dagan E, Snyder SH, Gavish M. Impact of pregnancy and lactation on GABAA receptor and central-type and peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors. Brain Res 1997;752:7-14).