Mechanisms of meconium passage: Cholinergic stimulation of electromechanical coordination in the fetal colon

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-173

  Acosta, Reinaldo ^b   Oyachi, Noboru ^b   Lee, Jeong Jae ^b   Lakshmanan, Jayaraman ^b   Atkinson, James B ^b   Ross, Michael G ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bethanechol; Cholinergic; Fetal sheep; Gastrointestinal motility; Meconium

Indexed keywords

BETHANECHOL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; COLON; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FETUS; MECONIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEROSA; SHEEP; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ANIMALS; BETHANECHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; COLON; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; MECHANICS; MECONIUM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 15244339272     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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