The effects of oxytocin on the pattern of electrical propagation in the isolated pregnant uterus of the rat

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 437, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-370

  Lammers, Wim J E P ^a   Stephen, Betty ^a   Hamid, Romana ^b   Harron, Dean W G ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Electrical mapping; Electrical propagation; Electro mechanical dissociation; Homogeneity in conduction; Oxytocin; Pregnant; Smooth muscle; Uterus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; UTERUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0032934420     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050790     Document Type: Article

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