Myometrial function in prematurity

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 807-819

  Blanks, Andrew M ^a   Shmygol, Anatoly ^a   Thornton, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

excitation contraction coupling; myometrium; oxytocin; pharmacomechanical coupling; prostaglandins; ritodrine; uterus

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; RITODRINE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS RELAXATION; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RITODRINE; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 35148880212     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2007.03.003     Document Type: Review

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