Ichiro Sakuma

ORCID: 0000-0002-3863-0492 · 1 paper in corpus

article 2004

Characterization of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in the Uterine Cervix over Pregnancy: Effects of Denervation and Implications for Cervical Ripening

·doi:10.1369/jhc.4a6455.2004

Bilateral neurectomy of the pelvic nerve (BLPN) that carries uterine cervix-related sensory nerves induces dystocia, and administration of its vasoactive neuropeptides induces changes in the cervical microvasculature, resembling those that …