Oxytocin increases the [Ca2+](i) sensitivity of human myometrium during the falling phase of phasic contractions

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 276, Issue 2 39-2, 1999, Pages

  McKillen, Keena ^a   Thornton, Steven ^b   Taylor, Colin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labor; Pregnancy; Signal transduction; Smooth muscle; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; OXYTOCIN; CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MYOMETRIUM; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0033072929     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.276.2.e345     Document Type: Article

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