Ciba Foundation Symposium 47 - The Fetus and Birth: Ciba/The Fetus

Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: A Historical Perspective (pages 1–4): G. S. Dawes 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 Chapter 3 Dilatation of the Uterine Cervix (pages 31–47): R. J. Fitzpatrick Chapter 4 The Fetal Role in Timing the Initiation of Parturition in the Goat (pages 49–72): W. B. Currie and G. D. Thorburn 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 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 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 Chapter 8 The ‘See?Saw’ Theory of Parturition (pages 159–210): Arpad I. Csapo 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 Chapter 10 Endocrine Regulation of Fetal Development and its Relation to Parturition in the Rhesus Monkey (pages 235–257): George W. Kittinger Chapter 11 Endocrine and Pharmacological Factors which Influence the Onset of Labour in Rhesus Monkeys (pages 259–295): Miles J. Novy Chapter 12 The Role of Prostaglandins in Parturition, with Special Reference to the Rat (pages 297–318): Roderick J. Flower Chapter 13 Control of Uterine Contractility via Cyclic AMP?Dependent Protein Kinase (pages 319–341): J. Frederick Krall and Stanley G. Korenman Chapter 14 Human Decidua and Uterine Contractility (pages 343–358): Bjorn Gustavii Chapter 15 The Fetal Hypothalamus and Pituitary in the Initiation of Labour (pages 359–378): T. Chard, R. E. Silman and L.H. Rees 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 Chapter 17 Fetal Cortisol and the Initiation of Labour in the Human (pages 401–426): Gerhard Gennser, Sten Ohrlander and Peter Eneroth 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 The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.