Abstract:Objective
Our overall hypothesis is that pregnancy’s mechanical and hormonal stimuli induce permanent changes in the properties of uterine tissue. Our objective here was to quantify the variation in the response to oxytocin, PGE2, and PGF2α of myometrium from pregnant female rats at term, during labor, and during involution.
Method
First time (Preg1) and second time (Preg2) pregnant female 18 weeks old rats were euthanized either at term (day 22 of gestation, no labor E22), during labor (day 22 of gestation af… Show more
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