Oxytocin receptors in the human uterus during pregnancy and parturition
AR Fuchs, F Fuchs, P Husslein, MS Soloff - American journal of obstetrics …, 1984 - Elsevier
We have determined the concentration and distribution of oxytocin receptors in myometrial
and decidual tissues obtained at cesarean section or hysterectomy during pregnancy.
Myometrial receptor concentration was low at 13 to 17 weeks but had risen about twelvefold
by 37 to 41 weeks. After the onset of labor, either preterm or term, the receptor levels were
maximal and significantly higher than before the onset of labor. In cases of failed induction of
labor with oxytocin and in postterm pregnancies (43 to 46 weeks), the receptor concentration …
and decidual tissues obtained at cesarean section or hysterectomy during pregnancy.
Myometrial receptor concentration was low at 13 to 17 weeks but had risen about twelvefold
by 37 to 41 weeks. After the onset of labor, either preterm or term, the receptor levels were
maximal and significantly higher than before the onset of labor. In cases of failed induction of
labor with oxytocin and in postterm pregnancies (43 to 46 weeks), the receptor concentration …