Linking myometrial physiology to intrauterine pressure; how tissue-level contractions create uterine contractions of labor.

The mechanisms used to coordinate uterine contractions are not known. We develop a new model based on the proposal that there is a maximum distance to which action potentials can propagate in the uterine wall. This establishes "regions", where one action potential burst can rapidly recruit...

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Main Authors: Roger C Young, Peter Barendse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4199482?pdf=render