Endocrine regulation of the initiation and maintenance of parturition.
This article examines the research being done and the hypotheses that have been formulated to understand further those processes that act to initiate parturition in women.
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000502:physiology; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004702:Endocrine Glands / Q000502:physiology*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000502:physiology; D005321:Extraembryonic Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000502:physiology; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000502:physiology; D007745:Labor Onset; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000502:physiology; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000502:physiology; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology
D004967:Estrogens; D011453:Prostaglandins; D010121:Oxytocin; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D006854:Hydrocortisone