Control of Myometrial Contractility and Labor

Nitric oxide: physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology.

1991 • 15,563 citations

Endothelium‐derived relaxing and contracting factors

1989 • 2,017 citations

The Pharmacological and Physiological Role of Cyclic GMP in Vascular Smooth Muscle Relaxation

1985 • 685 citations

Nitric oxide as a mediator of nonadrenergic noncholinergic neurotransmission

1992 • 599 citations

Antisera directed against connexin43 peptides react with a 43-kD protein localized to gap junctions in myocardium and other tissues.

1989 • 516 citations

Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis in rats during pregnancy produces signs similar to those of preeclampsia

1993 • 437 citations

Oxytocin Receptors: Triggers for Parturition and Lactation?

1979 • 395 citations

Cable properties of smooth muscle

1968 • 391 citations

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

1980 • 352 citations

Physiology of Smooth Muscle

1977 • 325 citations

Gap Junctions: Their Presence and Necessity in Myometrium During Parturition

1977 • 323 citations

Evidence that part of the NANC relaxant response of guinea‐pig trachea to electrical field stimulation is mediated by nitric oxide

1991 • 300 citations

Structural Correlates of Gap Junction Permeation

1980 • 248 citations

An L-arginine–nitric oxide–cyclic guanosine monophosphate system exists in the uterus and inhibits contractility during pregnancy

1994 • 190 citations

The physiological development of the fetus and newborn

1986 • 187 citations

Possible role of gap junctions in activation of myometrium during parturition

1978 • 181 citations

Regulation of activity in uterine smooth muscle.

1962 • 172 citations

Acta physiologica Hungarica

2015 • 170 citations

Appearance of gap junctions in the myometrium of women during labor

1981 • 163 citations

Control of myometrial contractility: role and regulation of gap junctions.

1988 • 153 citations

Principles and Practice of Obstetrics and Perinatology

1982 • 144 citations

Changes in electrical properties of rat myometrium during gestation and following hormonal treatments.

1976 • 143 citations

Improved propagation in myometrium associated with gap junctions during parturition

1989 • 136 citations

Changes in Hormone Levels and Gap Junctions in the Rat Uterus During Pregnancy and Parturition

1982 • 134 citations

Improved electrical coupling in uterine smooth muscle is associated with increased numbers of gap junctions at parturition.

1982 • 125 citations

Excitation‐contraction coupling in voltage clamped uterine smooth muscle

1973 • 122 citations

Gap junction formation and regulation in myometrium

1980 • 117 citations

The effect of inhibitors of nitric oxide biosynthesis and cyclic GMP formation on nerve‐evoked relaxation of human cavernosal smooth muscle

1991 • 114 citations

The Physiology and Biochemistry of the Uterus in Pregnancy and Labor

2020 • 109 citations

ELECTRIC STIMULATION AND CONDUCTION OF EXCITATION IN SMOOTH MUSCLE

1938 • 107 citations

Gap junctions and direct intercellular communication between rat uterine smooth muscle cells

1985 • 104 citations

Evidence for physiological regulation of myometrial gap junction permeability

1986 • 90 citations

Endocrine, structural, and functional changes in the uterus during premature labor

1982 • 83 citations

Hormonal Control of GAP Junction Formation in Sheep Myometrium during Parturition

1979 • 81 citations

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

1987 • 79 citations

Hormonal control of gap junctions in the myometrium

1985 • 77 citations

Lack of correlation between cyclic GMP elevation and relaxation of nonvascular smooth muscle by nitroglycerin, nitroprusside, hydroxylamine and sodium azide.

1983 • 76 citations

Myometrial electrophysiologic activity and gap junctions in the pregnant rabbit

1984 • 64 citations

COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF ALPHA-AND BETA-EFFECTS ON THE LONGITUDINAL AND CIRCULAR MUSCLES OF THE PREGNANT RAT MYOMETRIUM

1976 • 59 citations

The progesterone antagonist onapristone increases the effectiveness of oxytocin to produce delivery without changing the myometrial oxytocin receptor concentrations

1991 • 54 citations

Increased myometrial responsiveness to oxytocin during term and preterm labor

1989 • 45 citations

Specific features of smooth muscle cells recorded from the placental region of the myometrium of pregnant rats

1980 • 43 citations

Electrophysiological Comparison between the Longitudinal and Circular Muscles of the Rat Uterus during the Estrous Cycle and Pregnancy

1978 • 42 citations

Electrophysiological Properties of Uterine Smooth Muscle

1989 • 35 citations

Effect of gap junction number and permeability on intercellular coupling in rat myometrium

1991 • 32 citations

Cell-to-Cell Communication in Smooth Muscle

1985 • 24 citations

Effects of 17β-estradiol on myometrial gap junctions and pregnancy in the rat

1986 • 24 citations

Effects of Antiprogesterones on Myometrial Cell-to-Cell Coupling in Pregnant Guinea Pigs1

1992 • 19 citations

Calcium Dependency of Pregnant Rat Myometrium: Comparison of Circular and Longitudinal Muscle 1

1984 • 19 citations

Comparison of pinaverium bromide, manganese chloride and D600 effects on electrical and mechanical activities in rat uterine smooth muscle

1984 • 17 citations

An l-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate system exists in the uterus and inhibits contractility during pregnancy

1994 • 16 citations

De novo construction of cell-to-cell channels

1980 • 16 citations

Myometrial activity related to gap junction area in periparturient and in ovariectomized oestrogen treated sheep.

1986 • 14 citations