03748nam 2200697 a 450 99620207680331620230329181546.00-444-15255-51-280-78358-397866136939760-470-72029-80-470-71797-1(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(EXLCZ)99100000000068809620770113d1977 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe fetus and birth /editors, Julie Knight, Maeve O'ConnorAmsterdam ;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.0-470-66339-1 90-219-4053-1 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 indexCiba Foundation symposium ;new ser. 47.ParturitionCongressesFetusPhysiologyCongressesObstetrical endocrinologyCongressesLabor (Obstetrics)CongressesParturitionFetusPhysiologyObstetrical endocrinologyLabor (Obstetrics)599/.01/6Ciba Foundation.Symposium on the Fetus and Birth(1976 :London, England)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996202076803316The fetus and birth1888744UNISA