Correlation between the stimulatory effect of oxytocin on the formation of inositol phosphates and the oxytocin receptor level in the pregnant rabbit myometrium

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 497-506

  Hirata, Junko ^a   Kikuchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Imaizumi, Eiji ^a   Furuya, Kenichi ^a   Nagata, Ichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inositol phosphates; Myometrium; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ESTROGEN; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; RABBIT;

EID: 0029826393     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb01063.x     Document Type: Article

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