Ciba Foundation Symposium 47 - The Fetus and Birth

Copyright © 1977 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium 47 - The Fetus and Birth

Editor(s): Julie Knight, Maeve O'Connor

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9789021940533

Online ISBN: 9780470720295

DOI: 10.1002/9780470720295

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages I–VIII)

    2. Chapter 1

      Introduction: A Historical Perspective (pages 1–4)

      G. S. Dawes

    3. Chapter 2

      Parturition in the Sheep (pages 5–30)

      G. C. Liggins, R. J. Fairclough, Susan A. Grieves, Christine S. Forster and B. S. Knox

    4. Chapter 3

      Dilatation of the Uterine Cervix (pages 31–47)

      R. J. Fitzpatrick

    5. Chapter 4

      The Fetal Role in Timing the Initiation of Parturition in the Goat (pages 49–72)

      W. B. Currie and G. D. Thorburn

    6. Chapter 5

      The Role and Regulation of Corticotropin in the Fetal Sheep (pages 73–105)

      P. W. Nathanielsz, P. M. B. Jack, E. J. Krane, A. L. Thomas, S. Ratter and L. H. Rees

    7. Chapter 6

      Endocrine Relationships during Late Gestation and Parturition in the Cow (pages 107–125)

      B. Hoffmann, W.C. Wagner, E. Rattenberger and J. Schmidt

    8. Chapter 7

      Progesterone and Oestrogen in Pregnancy and Parturition: Comparative Aspects and Hierarchical Control (pages 127–157)

      R. B. Heap, A. K. A. Galil, F. A. Harrison, G. Jenkin and J. S. Perry

    9. Chapter 8

      The ‘See-Saw’ Theory of Parturition (pages 159–210)

      Arpad I. Csapo

    10. Chapter 9

      Fetal and Maternal Endocrine Changes during Pregnancy and Parturition in the Rhesus Monkey (pages 211–233)

      John R. G. Challis, Jeffrey S. Robinson and Geoffrey D. Thorburn

    11. Chapter 10

      Endocrine Regulation of Fetal Development and its Relation to Parturition in the Rhesus Monkey (pages 235–257)

      George W. Kittinger

    12. Chapter 11

      Endocrine and Pharmacological Factors which Influence the Onset of Labour in Rhesus Monkeys (pages 259–295)

      Miles J. Novy

    13. Chapter 12

      The Role of Prostaglandins in Parturition, with Special Reference to the Rat (pages 297–318)

      Roderick J. Flower

    14. Chapter 13

      Control of Uterine Contractility via Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase (pages 319–341)

      J. Frederick Krall and Stanley G. Korenman

    15. Chapter 14

      Human Decidua and Uterine Contractility (pages 343–358)

      Björn Gustavii

    16. Chapter 15

      The Fetal Hypothalamus and Pituitary in the Initiation of Labour (pages 359–378)

      T. Chard, R. E. Silman and L.H. Rees

    17. Chapter 16

      The Influence of the Fetal Hypothalamus and Pituitary on the Onset and Course of Parturition (pages 379–400)

      D. F. Swaab, K. Boer and W. J. Honnebier

    18. Chapter 17

      Fetal Cortisol and the Initiation of Labour in the Human (pages 401–426)

      Gerhard Gennser, Sten Ohrlander and Peter Eneroth

    19. Chapter 18

      Human Parturition (pages 427–472)

      A. C. Turnbull, Anne B. M. Anderson, A. P. F. Flint, J. Y. Jeremy, M. J. N. C. Keirse and M. D. Mitchell

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      Index of Contributors (pages 473–474)

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      Subject Index (pages 475–481)

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