Multiple mechanisms involved in oxytocin-induced modulation of myometrial contractility

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 827-832

  Shmygol, Anatoly ^a   Gullam, Joanna ^a   Blanks, Andrew ^a   Thornton, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium sensitization; Intracellular calcium; Oxytocin; Sarcoplasmic reticulum; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; OXYTOCIN;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 33748572624     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00393.x     Document Type: Review

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