Contractility of late pregnant rat myometrium is refractory to activation of soluble but not particulate guanylate cyclase

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 158-162

  Fulep, Eva ^a   Vedernikov, Yuri ^a   Saade, George R ^a   Garfield, Robert E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial natriuretic peptide; Brain natriuretic peptide; C type natriuretic peptide; Contractility; Myometrium; Natriuretic peptides; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide donors; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; LINSIDOMINE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE C; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISOLATED ORGAN; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0034913110     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.114871     Document Type: Article

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