Author/Editor		Rudel, D
Title		In-vivo electrical stimulation of uterine smooth muscles in sheep
Type		članek
Source		IFMBE Proc
Vol. and No.		Letnik 3, št. 1
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 796-7
Language		eng
Abstract		An animal model was established for in vivo studies of the EMG responses of a parturient uterine smooth muscle tissue to electrical stimuli. Five normally gravid sheep were fitted with implanted electrodes to register EMG signals and electrical stimulation. EMG signals were defected at the cervix and at the gravid horn. Spontaneous EMG activity was registered simultaneously with EMG responses to electrical stimulation. Different electrical stimulation parameters and protocols were tested. Direct EMG responses to electrical stimuli detected at the stimulation site were hindered by long lasting artifacts. No significant changes in the EMG activity at the horn were registered due to excitation at the distant cervical region and vice-versa. EMG responses registered during control measurements following each electrical stimulation session show an increase in the EMG signal amplitude (RMS) and a change in the signal frequency contents (increased MF and shift in PDS).
Descriptors		PREGNANCY, ANIMAL UTERUS ELECTRIC STIMULATION ELECTROMYOGRAPHY SHEEP