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myometrium

Known as: Tunica muscularis uteri, muscle uterine, Uterine Muscles 
The smooth muscle coat of the uterus, which forms the main mass of the organ.
National Institutes of Health

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Angiotensin II Receptor, Type 2Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma of the Uterine CorpusBlood supply aspectsBody of uterus

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Smooth muscle (tissue)Uterus

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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Placental essential fatty acid transport and prostaglandin synthesis.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Oxytocin receptors and parturition. I. Control of oxytocin receptor concentration in the rat myometrium at term.
Rat myometrium exhibited a marked rise in the concentration of oxytocin (OT) receptors during parturition. The elevation began… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Estrogen binding proteins of calf uterus. Molecular and functional characterization of the receptor transforming factor: A Ca2+-activated protease.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Effect of estradiol-17beta on blood flow to reproductive and nonreproductive tissues in pregnant ewes.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Oxytocin-stimulated release of prostaglandin F2alpha from ovine endometrium in vitro: correlation with estrous cycle and oxytocin-receptor binding.
Endometrial and myometrial tissues, obtained from Merino ewes on 5 different days of the estrous cycle, were incubated at 37 C in… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
SIGNIFICANT FALL IN PROGESTERONE AND RISE IN ŒSTRADIOL LEVELS IN HUMAN PERIPHERAL PLASMA BEFORE ONSET OF LABOUR
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Excitation‐contraction coupling in voltage clamped uterine smooth muscle
1. The relationship between ionic currents and contraction has been investigated in uterine strips of pregnant rat by means of a… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
The prospects of PGs in postconceptional therapy.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
INVOLVEMENT OF MACROPHAGES IN COLLAGEN RESORPTION
Although relatively stable in most tissues, collagen is rapidly turned over in several cases of morphogenesis (27) . During… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Distribution of uterine blood flow in the pregnant sheep.
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