Depression by Relaxin of Neurally Induced Contractile Responses in the Mouse Gastric Fundus1
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- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 70 (1) , 222-228
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.103.018374
Abstract
The peptide hormone relaxin, which attains high circulating levels during pregnancy, has been shown to depress small-bowel motility through a nitric oKeywords
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