Daily and hourly temporal association between Δ4-androstenedione - induced preterm myometrial contractions and maternal plasma estradiol and oxytocin concentrations in the 0.8 gestation rhesus monkey

The Mechanism of Initiation of Parturition in the Ewe

1973 • 516 citations

Gap junction formation in myometrium: control by estrogens, progesterone, and prostaglandins

1980 • 352 citations

Placental Steroid Hormone Biosynthesis in Primate Pregnancy*

1990 • 301 citations

Endocrinology of human parturition: a review

1984 • 216 citations

Oxytocin Gene Expression in Rat Uterus

1992 • 175 citations

Effect of corticosteroids for fetal maturation on perinatal outcomes, February 28—March 2, 1994

1995 • 156 citations

Dexamethasone and estradiol treatment in pregnant rhesus macaques: Effects on gestational length, maternal plasma hormones, and fetal growth

1983 • 135 citations

The fetus determines circadian oscillation of myometrial electromyographic activity in the pregnant rhesus monkey

1983 • 100 citations

Oxytocin Receptor Blockade: A New Principle in the Treatment of Preterm Labor?

1989 • 91 citations

Primate parturition and the role of the maternal circadian system

1994 • 67 citations

Plasma oxytocin and nocturnal uterine activity: Maternal but not fetal concentrations increase progressively during late pregnancy and delivery in rhesus monkeys

1993 • 59 citations

Correlation of nocturnal increase in plasma oxytocin with a decrease in plasma estradiol/progesterone ratio in late pregnancy

1992 • 55 citations

Different patterns of myometrial activity and 24-h rhythms in myometrial contractility in the gravid baboon during the second half of pregnancy

1992 • 51 citations

Comparison of Plasma Oxytocin and Catecholamine Concentrations with Uterine Activity in Pregnant Rhesus Monkeys*

1991 • 49 citations

Biologic Basis of Term and Preterm Labor

1993 • 49 citations

Studies on the role of oxytocin in late pregnancy in the pregnant rhesus monkey: plasma concentrations of oxytocin in the maternal circulation throughout the 24-h day and the effect of the synthetic oxytocin antagonist [1-beta-Mpa(beta-(CH2)5)1,(Me(Tyr2, Orn8] oxytocin on spontaneous nocturnal myometrial contractions.

1989 • 48 citations

Effect of a 48-hour intravenous Δ4-androstenedione infusion on the pregnant rhesus monkey in the last third of gestation: Changes in maternal plasma estradiol concentrations and myometrial contractility

1989 • 42 citations

Synthesis of oxytocin in amnion, chorion and decidua: a potential paracrine role for oxytocin in the onset of human parturition

1993 • 40 citations

A new tocolytic agent: Development of an oxytocin antagonist for inhibiting uterine contractions

1990 • 39 citations

An Oxytocin Precursor Intermediate Circulates in the Plasma of Humans and Rhesus Monkeys Administered Estrogen

1990 • 38 citations

Variability of uterine contractions in normal human parturition.

1970 • 29 citations

Endocrine Changes during 48 Hours of Food Withdrawal in the Pregnant Rhesus Monkey in the Last Third of Gestation*

1989 • 26 citations

Development of a Circadian Variation of Plasma Oxytocin Concentration in the Late Gestation Rhesus Monkey*

1991 • 12 citations