04369nam 2200805 a 450 991080616520332120240516064840.0978661369397697804441525580444152555978128078358612807835839780470720295047072029897804707179740470717971(CKB)1000000000688096(EBL)703871(OCoLC)797918382(SSID)ssj0000715220(PQKBManifestationID)11454822(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000715220(PQKBWorkID)10701244(PQKB)11014732(MiAaPQ)EBC703871(Au-PeEL)EBL703871(CaPaEBR)ebr10575673(CaONFJC)MIL369397(Perlego)2777968(EXLCZ)99100000000068809620770113d1977 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe fetus and birth /editors, Julie Knight, Maeve O'Connor1st ed.Amsterdam ;New York :Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland ;New York :Elsevier North-Holland,1977.1 online resource (viii, 481 pages) illustrationsCiba Foundation symposium (new series) ;47"Symposium on the Fetus and Birth held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 18-20th May, 1976"--Participants page.9780470663394 0470663391 9789021940533 9021940531 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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; DiscussionThe '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; DiscussionThe 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 indexThe Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world. Ciba Foundation symposium ;new ser. 47.ParturitionCongressesFetusPhysiologyCongressesObstetrical endocrinologyCongressesLabor (Obstetrics)CongressesParturitionFetusPhysiologyObstetrical endocrinologyLabor (Obstetrics)599/.01/6Ciba Foundation.Symposium on the Fetus and Birth(1976 :London, England)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806165203321The fetus and birth1888744UNINA