Artificial oxytocin produces specific physiological effects and side effects
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Artificial oxytocin produces well-documented physiological effects, primarily uterine contractions, and is utilized clinically for managing labor and preventing postpartum hemorrhage.
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Structural bases of vasopressin/oxytocin receptor function
1998 · cited by 309
Paper [6] details the physiological role of oxytocin, specifically its ability to elicit uterine smooth muscle contractions and act on myoepithelial cells.
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Prophylactic oxytocin for the third stage of labour
2001 · cited by 231
Paper [8] discusses the prophylactic use of oxytocin during the third stage of labor and its direct physiological impacts on bleeding and related clinical outcomes.