Population
22 women undergoing Caesarean section at term (11 before onset of labour, 11 after onset of labour)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Does not implicate NOS downregulation in human term labour; challenges animal models and leaves open alternative mechanisms.
Contrary to animal studies, a decrease in NOS enzyme activity does not appear to be involved in the onset of human parturition at term.
Thomson et al. (1997) studied this question.
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