Publication:

Are animal models relevant to key aspects of human parturition? (2009)

Author(s): Mitchell BF, Taggart MJ

      • Date: 10-06-2009
      • Journal: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
      • Volume: 297
      • Issue: 3
      • Pages: 525-545
      • Publication type: Review
      • Bibliographic status: Published

      Keywords: progesterone withdrawal modular accumulation of physiological systems uterine activation cervical ripening HUMAN-FETAL MEMBRANES GUINEA-PIG MYOMETRIUM TUMOR-NECROSIS-FACTOR PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL PREGNANT RHESUS-MONKEYS UTERINE SMOOTH-MUSCLE FUNCTIONAL PROGESTERONE WITHDRAWAL CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE RECOMBINANT HUMAN LACTOFERRIN OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST

      Staff

      Professor Michael Taggart
      Chair of Reproductive Sciences