Increased myometrial responsiveness to oxytocin during term and preterm labor

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1982 • 494 citations

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1979 • 395 citations

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1955 • 381 citations

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1977 • 323 citations

The Antiprogestin Steroid RU 486 and Human Fertility Control

1985 • 298 citations

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1983 • 259 citations

Smooth Muscle: An Assessment of Current Knowledge

1982 • 225 citations

Oxytocin Receptors and Parturition. I. Control of Oxytocin Receptor Concentration in the Rat Myometrium at Term*

1980 • 200 citations

Endocrine control of uterine oxytocin receptors in the ewe

1985 • 179 citations

Regulation of activity in uterine smooth muscle.

1962 • 172 citations

Smooth Muscle: An Assessment of Current Knowledge

1982 • 169 citations

Appearance of gap junctions in the myometrium of women during labor

1981 • 163 citations

Measurement of Single Channel Currents from Cardiac Gap Junctions

1986 • 152 citations

Oxytocin and the initiation of human parturition***

1981 • 142 citations

Endocrinology of Pregnancy

1977 • 136 citations

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1984 • 127 citations

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1986 • 105 citations

Effects of the antiprogesterone RU 486 on preterm birth in the rat

1987 • 79 citations

RU 486: An Antiprogestin Steroid with Contragestive Activity in Women

1985 • 76 citations

Does Prostaglandin F2α Released from the Uterus by Oxytocin Mediate the Oxytocic Action of Oxytocin?

1976 • 71 citations

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1986 • 65 citations

Endometrial and myometrial effects of progesterone antagonists in pregnant guinea pigs

1987 • 63 citations

Uterine Contractility

2007 • 56 citations

Effects of prostaglandin E2 and oxytocin on the electrical activity of hormone‐treated and pregnant rat myometria.

1976 • 32 citations

The Role of Oxytocin in Parturition

1983 • 29 citations

The sensitivity of the longitudinal and circular muscle layers of the rat's myometrium to oxytocin in vitro during pregnancy

1987 • 28 citations

Comparison of Effects of Oxytocin and Prostaglandin F2-alpha on Circular and Longitudinal Myometrium from the Pregnant Rat1

1987 • 20 citations

Oxytocin action: Lack of correlation between receptor number and tissue responsiveness

1980 • 18 citations