Desensitization of oxytocin receptors in human myometrium

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 625-633

  Phaneuf, Sylvain ^a,d   Asbóth, Gergely ^a   Carrasco, María P ^a   Liñares, Belén Rodríguez ^a   Kimura, Tadashi ^b   Harris, Ann ^c   Bernal, Andrés López ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desensitization; Labour; Messenger RNA; Myometrium; Oxytocin receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY;

CELLS, CULTURED; CESAREAN SECTION; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 2442733225     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.5.625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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