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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806165203321

Titolo

The fetus and birth / / editors, Julie Knight, Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland

New York : , : Elsevier North-Holland, , 1977

ISBN

0-444-15255-5

1-280-78358-3

9786613693976

0-470-72029-8

0-470-71797-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 481 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; ; 47

Disciplina

599/.01/6

Soggetti

Parturition

Fetus - Physiology

Obstetrical endocrinology

Labor (Obstetrics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on the Fetus and Birth held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 18-20th May, 1976"--Participants page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The Fetus and Birth; Contents; Introduction: a historical perspective; Parturition in the sheep; Discussion; Dilatation of the uterine cervix; Discussion; The fetal role in timing the initlation of parturition in the goat; Discussion; The role and regulation of corticotropin in the fetal sheep; Discussion; General discussion Ultrastructure of the sheep placenta; Endocrine relationships during late gestation and parturition in the cow; Discussion; Progesterone and oestrogen in pregnancy and parturition : comparative aspects and hierarchical control; Discussion

The 'see-saw' theory of parturition; Discussion; Fetal and maternal endo- crine changes during pregnancy and parturition in the rhesus monkey; Discussion; Endocrine regulation of fetal development and its relation to parturition in the rhesus monkey; Discussion; Endocrine and pharmacological factors which influence the onset of labour in rhesus monkeys; Discussion; The role of prostaglandins in parturition, with special reference to the rat; Discussion; Control of uterine contractility



via cyclic  AMP-dependent protein kinase; Discussion; Human decidua and uterine contractility; Discussion

The fetal hypothalamus and pituitary in the initiation of labour; Discussion; The influence of the fetal hypo- thalamus and pituitary on the onset and course of parturition; Discussion; Fetal cortisol and the initiation of labour in the human; Discussion; Human parturition; Discussion; Final discussion; Index of contributors; Subject index