Title: The fetus and birth.
Authors: Knight, Julie.; O'Connor, Maeve.; Ciba Foundation.
Publisher: Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland ; Elsevier North-Holland,
Year: 1977
Subjects: Labor, Obstetric; Fetus physiology; Parturition Congresses.; Fetus Physiology Congresses.; Obstetrical endocrinology Congresses.; Labor (Obstetrics) Congresses.
Contents: Parturition in the sheep / G.C. Liggins, R.J. Fairclough, Susan A. Grieves, Christine S. Forster, B.S. Knox -- Dilatation of the uterine cervix / R.J. Fitzpatrick -- The fetal role in timing the initiation of parturition in the goat / W.B. Currie, G.D. Thorburn -- The role and regulation of corticotropin in the fetal sheep / P.W. Nathanielsz, P.M.B. Jack, E.J. Krane, A.L. Thomas, S. Ratter, L.H. Rees -- Endocrine relationships during late gestation and parturition in the cow / B. Hoffmann, W.C. Wagner, E. Rattenberger, J. Schmidt -- Progesterone and oestrogen in pregnancy and parturition: comparative aspects and hierarchical control / R.B. Heap, A.K.A. Galil, F.A. Harrison, G. Jenkin, J.S. Perry -- The see-saw theory of parturition / Arpad I. Csapo -- Fetal and maternal endocrine changes during pregnancy and parturition in the rhesus monkey / John R.G. Challis, Jeffrey S. Robinson, Geoffrey D. Thorburn -- Endocrine regulation of fetal development and its relation to parturition in the rhesus monkey / George W. Kittinger -- Endocrine and pharmacological factors which influence the onset of labour in rhesus monkeys / Miles J. Novy -- The role of prostaglandins in parturition, with special reference to the rat / Roderick J. Flower -- Control of uterine contractility via cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase / J. Frederick Krall, Stanley G. Korenman -- Human decidua and uterine contractility / Björn Gustavii -- The fetal hypothalamus and pituitary in the initiation of labour / T. Chard, R.E. Silman, L.H. Rees -- The influence of the fetal hypothalamus and pituitary on the onset and course of parturition / D.F. Swaab, K. Boer, W.J. Honnebier -- Fetal cortisol and the initiation of labour in the human / Gerhard Gennser, Sten Ohrlander, Peter Eneroth -- Human parturition / A.C. Turnbull, Anne B.M. Anderson, A.P.F. Flint, J.Y. Jeremy, M.J.N.C. Keirse, M.D. Mitchell.