Vasopressin-induced contraction of uterus is mediated solely by the oxytocin receptor in mice, but not in humans

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 472, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-234

  Kawamata, Masaki ^a   Mitsui Saito, Minori ^b   Kimura, Tadashi ^c   Takayanagi, Yuki ^a   Yanagisawa, Teruyuki ^b   Nishimori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contraction; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor; Uterus; Vasopressin; Vasopressin V1a receptor

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RELCOVAPTAN; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0142059607     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(03)01914-9     Document Type: Article

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