Long-term hypoxia alters calcium regulation in near-term ovine myometrium

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 156-162

  Arakawa, T K ^a   Mlynarczyk, M ^a   Kaushal, K M ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Ducsay, Charles A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Environment; Oxytocin; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DIPHENYLCARBAMIC ACID 4 CARBOXY 2 NITROPHENYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; OXYTOCIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C INHIBITOR; RUTHENIUM RED; RYANODINE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FEMALE; HYPOXIA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MYOMETRIUM; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLCARBAMATES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RUTHENIUM RED; RYANODINE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 3142760097     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.026708     Document Type: Article

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