Table of Contents:
  • Parturition in the sheep / G.C. Liggins, R.J. Fairclough, Susan A. Grieves, Christine S. Forster, B.S. Knox
  • Dilatation of the uterine cervix / R.J. Fitzpatrick
  • The fetal role in timing the initiation of parturition in the goat / W.B. Currie, G.D. Thorburn
  • The role and regulation of corticotropin in the fetal sheep / P.W. Nathanielsz, P.M.B. Jack, E.J. Krane, A.L. Thomas, S. Ratter, L.H. Rees
  • Endocrine relationships during late gestation and parturition in the cow / B. Hoffmann, W.C. Wagner, E. Rattenberger, J. Schmidt
  • Progesterone and oestrogen in pregnancy and parturition: comparative aspects and hierarchical control / R.B. Heap, A.K.A. Galil, F.A. Harrison, G. Jenkin, J.S. Perry
  • The see-saw theory of parturition / Arpad I. Csapo
  • Fetal and maternal endocrine changes during pregnancy and parturition in the rhesus monkey / John R.G. Challis, Jeffrey S. Robinson, Geoffrey D. Thorburn
  • Endocrine regulation of fetal development and its relation to parturition in the rhesus monkey / George W. Kittinger
  • Endocrine and pharmacological factors which influence the onset of labour in rhesus monkeys / Miles J. Novy
  • The role of prostaglandins in parturition, with special reference to the rat / Roderick J. Flower
  • Control of uterine contractility via cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase / J. Frederick Krall, Stanley G. Korenman
  • Human decidua and uterine contractility / Björn Gustavii
  • The fetal hypothalamus and pituitary in the initiation of labour / T. Chard, R.E. Silman, L.H. Rees
  • The influence of the fetal hypothalamus and pituitary on the onset and course of parturition / D.F. Swaab, K. Boer, W.J. Honnebier
  • Fetal cortisol and the initiation of labour in the human / Gerhard Gennser, Sten Ohrlander, Peter Eneroth
  • Human parturition / A.C. Turnbull, Anne B.M. Anderson, A.P.F. Flint, J.Y. Jeremy, M.J.N.C. Keirse, M.D. Mitchell.