Role of oxytocin in the initiation of ten and preterm labor in rats: Changes in oxytocin receptor density and plasma oxytocin concentration and the effect of an oxytocin antagonist, L-366,509

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 180, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 621-627

  Kobayashi, M ^a   Akahane, M ^a   Minami, K ^a   Moro, M ^a   Ajisawa, Y ^a   Inoue, Y ^a   Kawarabayashi, T ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oxytocin antagonist; Oxytocin receptor; Plasma oxytocin; Preterm labor model; Rat; Term labor

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; L 366509; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0032980960     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70264-4     Document Type: Article

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