Patterns of electrical propagation in the intact pregnant guinea pig uterus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Lammers, Wim J E P ^a,b   Mirghani, H ^a   Stephen, B ^a   Dhanasekaran, S ^a   Wahab, A ^a   Al Sultan, M A H ^a   Abazer, F ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Myometrial burst migration; Spikes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 40449118598     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00704.2007     Document Type: Article

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