title: Endocrine regulation of the initiation and maintenance of parturition.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D011453:Prostaglandins; D010121:Oxytocin; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D006854:Hydrocortisone