Paracrine and intracellular signaling mechanisms of calcium waves in cultured human uterine myocytes

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 928-932

  Young, Roger C ^a   Hession, Rory O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FLURBIPROFEN; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RHEOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030664980     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00498-5     Document Type: Article

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