Clinical experimental considerations on the presence of set uterine pacemakers.
The authors studied the physiology of human uterine muscle contraction. Clinical experimental results obtained from elementary electrophysiological, electrohysterographic and pharmacological studies using PGs suggested that uterine muscle contraction does not originate in "pacemaker" areas. These data also showed that the electric phenomenon is not propagated along preferential "rails".
D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects
D011453:Prostaglandins; D010121:Oxytocin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006152:Cyclic GMP