Effect of chronic hypoxia on myometrial responsiveness in the pregnant rat

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 270, Issue 3 33-3, 1996, Pages

  Rhee, Joon W ^a   Longo, Lawrence D ^a   Pearce, William J ^a   Bae, Nicholaus H ^a   Valenzuela, Guillermo J ^a   Ducsay, Charles A ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arginine vasopressin; binding sites; corticosterone; estrogen; myometrial contractility; oxytocin; oxytocin receptors; progesterone

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPOXIA; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0029932324     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.270.3.e477     Document Type: Article

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