Comparison of potassium currents in human decidua before and after the onset of labor

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2281-2288

  Liu, Bo ^a   Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam ^a,b   Hill, Stephen J ^a   Khan, Raheela N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidua; Parturition; Pregnancy; Signal transduction; Uterus

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (6 METHYL 2 PYRIDYL)ETHYL] 4 (4 METHYLSULFONYLAMINOBENZOYL)PIPERIDINE; APAMIN; BARIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; IBERIOTOXIN; PAXILLINE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABOR; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ADULT; ANTIGENS, THY-1; CESAREAN SECTION; DECIDUA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PARTURITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIPERIDINES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PREGNANCY; PYRIDINES; STROMAL CELLS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0037836925     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.011890     Document Type: Article

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