Melatonin inhibits spontaneous and oxytocin-induced contractions of rat myometrium in vitro

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-207

  Ayar, A ^a   Kutlu, S ^a   Yilmaz, B ^a   Kelestimur, H ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Isometric contraction; Melatonin; Myometrium; Prostaglandins; Rat

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CARBON DIOXIDE; MELATONIN; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PH; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TEMPERATURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0034924047     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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