In vivo pH and metabolite changes during a single contraction in rat uterine smooth muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 518, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 783-790

  Larcombe McDouall, Jacky ^a   Buttell, Naomi ^a   Harrison, Norma ^a   Wray, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIA; METABOLITE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0033178748     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0783p.x     Document Type: Article

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