Role of carboxy-extended forms of oxytocin in the rat uterus in the process of parturition

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1321-1327

  Mitchell, B F ^a   Fang, Xin ^a   Wong, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031794022     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.6.1321     Document Type: Article

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