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Andrew M. Blanks
Researcher at University of Warwick
Publications - 53
Citations - 1832
Andrew M. Blanks is an academic researcher from University of Warwick. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myometrium & Oxytocin. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 53 publications receiving 1670 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew M. Blanks include University of Cambridge & Coventry Health Care.
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Orexigen-sensitive NPY/AgRP pacemaker neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus.
TL;DR: Rat ARC neurons containing neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein, which are conditional pacemakers, are activated by orexigens and inhibited by the anorexigen leptin to propose a neuron-specific signaling mechanism through which central and peripheral signals engage the central neural anabolic drive.
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The role of oxytocin in parturition
Andrew M. Blanks,Steven Thornton +1 more
TL;DR: Evidence in all mammalian species suggests that neurohypophysical oxytocin plays a role in the expulsive phase and, although there are less supporting data, a role for oxytocIn in the initiation of labour is likely.
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Assessment of myometrial transcriptome changes associated with spontaneous human labour by high-throughput RNA-seq.
TL;DR: The transcriptome of the human myometrial samples taken from patients prior to and after the onset of spontaneous labour is described for the first time, documenting a significant number of novel transcripts of both protein‐coding mRNA and microRNA.
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Multiple mechanisms involved in oxytocin-induced modulation of myometrial contractility.
TL;DR: It is concluded that sensitization of contractile apparatus to Ca2+ is the most relevant physiological effect of oxytocin on human myometrium.
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Characterization of the molecular and electrophysiological properties of the T-type calcium channel in human myometrium
Andrew M. Blanks,ZhengHang Zhao Zhao,Anatoly Shmygol,Gilles Bru-Mercier,Shirley Astle,Steven Thornton +5 more
TL;DR: It is found that application of 100 μm nickel to spontaneously contracting human myometrium reversibly slows contraction frequency and is concluded that the primary T‐type subunit expressed in some MSMCs is Cav3.1.