Modification of the effect of nifedipine in the pregnant rat myometrium: The influence of progesterone and terbutaline

Life Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 568-572

  Hajagos Tóth, Judit ^a   Falkay, George ^a   Gáspár, Róbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

2 adrenoreceptor agonists; Calcium channel blockers; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Uterine contractility

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROGESTERONE; TERBUTALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOMETRIUM; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; TERBUTALINE; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 70349281398     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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