Oxytocin pretreatment decreases oxytocin-induced myometrial contractions in pregnant rats in a concentration-dependent but not time-dependent manner

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 501-508

  Magalhaes, Joyce K R S ^a   Carvalho, Jose C A ^a   Parkes, Robert K ^a   Kingdom, John ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Balki, Mrinalini ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contractions.; Desensitization; Myometrium; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 64749086190     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719108329954     Document Type: Article

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