The Timing of Birth.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: The Timing of Birth.
المؤلفون: Smith, Roger
المصدر: Scientific American. Mar99, Vol. 280 Issue 3, p68. 8p. 12 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Graph.
مصطلحات موضوعية: *CHILDBIRTH, *PREMATURE labor prevention, *PLACENTA, *CORTICOTROPIN releasing hormone, *PHYSIOLOGY
مستخلص: Reports that a hormone unexpectedly found in the human placenta turns out to influence the timing of delivery. How this and related findings could yield much needed ways to prevent premature labor; How controls on parturition in humans differ from sheep; How a protein called corticotropin-releasing hormone regulates parturition. INSET: An Evolutionary Clue from Toads.
قاعدة البيانات: Academic Search Index
الوصف
تدمد:00368733
DOI:10.1038/scientificamerican0399-68