Oxytocin-induced oscillations of cytoplasmic Ca2+ in human myometrial cells

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 174-179

  Fu, Xin ^a   Liu, Yi Jia ^a   Ciray, Nadir ^a   Olovsson, Matts ^a   Ulmsten, Ulf ^a   Gylfe, Erik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcium oscillations; Myometrial cells; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FURA 2; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATASE; LANTHANUM; OXYTOCIN; VERAPAMIL;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033993887     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079003174.x     Document Type: Article

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