Oxytocin in parturition of guinea pigs, humans, and other species

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue , 2002, Pages 299-308

  Schellenberg, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competitive drug effects; Electromyography; Guinea pigs; Parturition; Pregnancy; Receptor binding

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0036458230     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)39026-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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