Effect of photoperiod on the mechanical response of the pregnant rabbit uterus to oxytocin

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 1 56-1, 2004, Pages

  Ninomiya Alarcon J G ^a,b   Hudson, R ^c   Reyes Guerrero, G ^a,d   Barrera Mera, B ^a   Guevara Guzman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Quetzalcóatl   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythmicity; Electromyographic uterine recording; Parturition

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FORCE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MECHANICS; MYOGRAPHY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OXYTOCIN; PARTURITION; PHOTOPERIOD; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RABBITS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 3042808902     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00710.2003     Document Type: Article

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