N Chen, J Lv, L Bo, N Li, C Wu, X Yin, J Li, J Tao, J Chen, Y He, S Huang, J Xiao, C Mao, Z Xu
OBJECTIVE: The umbilical cord provides nutrition and oxygen to the fetus. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of acetylcholine (ACh) on umbilical cords from humans and other mammals, and the mechanisms of ACh-mediated vasoconstriction in the human umbilical cord. DESIGN: Human and animal umbilical cords used in vascular and cellular experiments. SETTING: Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China...
November 2015: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology