Corticotropin-releasing hormone effects on human pregnant vs. nonpregnant myometrium explants estimated from a mathematical model of uterine contraction

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1157-1163

  Mignot, Thérèse Marie ^a   Paris, Brigitte ^a   Carbonne, Bruno ^a,b   Vauge, Christian ^a   Ferré, Françoise ^a   Vaiman, Daniel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Contraction; Mathematical modeling; Myometrium; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 24044547059     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00158.2005     Document Type: Article

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