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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4199482?pdf=render |