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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland; New York : , : Elsevier North-Holland, , 1977
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 481 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 599/.01/6
• Soggetto topico: Parturition; Fetus - Physiology; Obstetrical endocrinology; Labor (Obstetrics)
• 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
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• Titolo autorizzato: The fetus and birth
• ISBN: 9786613693976; 9780444152558; 0444152555; 9781280783586; 1280783583; 9780470720295; 0470720298; 9780470717974; 0470717971
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806165203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 47.