Mechanotransduction in rat myometrium: Coordination of contractions of electrically and chemically isolated tissues

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Young, Roger C ^a   Goloman, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanotransduction; Myogenic; Rat myometrium; Uterine contractility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSDUCER; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MYOMETRIUM; RATS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 79952531877     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110379637     Document Type: Article

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