Hydrogen sulfide inhibits the spontaneous and oxytocin-induced contractility of human pregnant myometrium

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 900-904

  Hu, Rong ^a   Lu, Jianqiang ^b   You, Xingji ^c   Zhu, Xiaoyan ^c   Hui, Ning ^a   Ni, Xin ^c  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

contraction; Hydrogen sulfide; myometrium; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXYTOCIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM HYDROSULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS RELAXATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; SULFIDES; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS;

EID: 80053940881     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2010.551563     Document Type: Article

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