Cell-to-cell coupling in the myometrium: Emil Bozler's prediction.
In this paper we have attempted to briefly review the studies which explain how the myometrium behaves as a functional syncytium. We believe that the gap junctions adequately explain the basis for cell-to-cell coupling as predicted by Emil Bozler fifty years ago.
Garfield
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Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Hertzberg
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000502:physiology*; D009215:Myometrium / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats