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Uterine Function

Molecular and Cellular Aspects

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Mary E. Carsten

    1. School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Jordan D. Miller

    1. School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Ultrastructure and Calcium Stores in the Myometrium

    • Ray Broderick, Karen A. Broderick
    Pages 1-33

  3. Uterine Metabolism and Energetics

    • M. Joan Dawson, Jyothi Raman
    Pages 35-70

  4. Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation in Uterine Smooth Muscle

    • Kate Bárány, Michael Bárány
    Pages 71-98

  5. Thin Filament Control of Uterine Smooth Muscle

    • Steven B. Marston, Kevin Pritchard
    Pages 99-119

  6. Calcium Control Mechanisms in the Myometrial Cell and the Role of the Phosphoinositide Cycle

    • Mary E. Carsten, Jordan D. Miller
    Pages 121-167

  7. Calcium Channels

    • Charles A. Ducsay
    Pages 169-194

  8. The Role of Membrane Potential in the Control of Uterine Motility

    • Helena C. Parkington, Harold A. Coleman
    Pages 195-248

  9. β-Adrenoceptors Cyclic AMP, and Cyclic GMP in Control of Uterine Motility

    • Jack Diamond
    Pages 249-275

  10. Physiological Roles of Gap Junctional Communication in Reproduction

    • Robert C. Burghardt, William H. Fletcher
    Pages 277-313

  11. Molecular Mechanisms of Steroid Hormone Action in the Uterus

    • Elwood V. Jensen
    Pages 315-359

  12. Oxytocin in the Initiation of Labor

    • Rosemary D. Leake
    Pages 361-371

  13. Oxytocin Receptors in the Uterus

    • Melvyn S. Soloff
    Pages 373-392

  14. Regulatory Peptides and Uterine Function

    • Bent Ottesen, Jan Fahrenkrug
    Pages 393-422

  15. Biosynthesis and Function of Eicosanoids in the Uterus

    • Gautam Chaudhuri
    Pages 423-428

  16. Pharmacological Application of Prostaglandins, Their Analogues, and Their Inhibitors in Obstetrics

    • Robert H. Hayashi
    Pages 449-469

  17. Fetal Tissues and Autacoid Biosynthesis in Relation to the Initiation of Parturition and Implantation

    • Marlane J. Angle, John M. Johnston
    Pages 471-500

  18. Endocrinology of Pregnancy and Parturition

    • M. Linette Casey, Paul C. MacDonald
    Pages 501-517

  19. Circulation in the Pregnant Uterus

    • Charles R. Brinkman III
    Pages 519-537

  20. Effects of Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia on Uterine Activity and Uteroplacental Blood Flow

    • Kenneth A. Conklin
    Pages 539-575
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About this book

The frontispiece, Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of the embryo in the womb, was chosen as a starting point for this book. It was Leonardo who in his notebooks and drawings combined artistic composition and accurate recording of the anatomy of the human body. Leonardo studied human anatomy in order to execute artistic drawings. His aim was to clarify form and function of human organs including reproductive organs. He followed up his extensive research with graphic representa­ tion and thereby initiated record keeping as a basis of scientific investigation. His records, accurate three-dimensional drawings, allowed others to reproduce his find­ ings and to test for correctness. Results could be updated and refined. Only after these steps can abnormalities be ascertained and defined as pathology. Though Leonardo was both artist and scientist, it is assumed that his anatomic drawings were used to improve his art, and thus scientific endeavor was at the service of his art. Anatomy, the offspring of science and art, is an integration of the two and became an accepted branch of the natural sciences. Although art and science continued to interact throughout the Renaissance, art was often placed in the service of science. In the course of history that followed, art and science in­ creasingly followed separate ways.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Mary E. Carsten, Jordan D. Miller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Uterine Function

  • Book Subtitle: Molecular and Cellular Aspects

  • Editors: Mary E. Carsten, Jordan D. Miller

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0575-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7873-3Published: 17 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-0575-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 605

  • Topics: Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine, Animal Physiology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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