Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO

Amount

$351,250.00

Award Date

5/11/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

In most species, including humans, plasma levels of 17+?-estradiol and progesterone increase during pregnancy. The elevation of female hormones that accompanies the late stages of pregnancy has been linked to electrical remodeling of myometrial smooth mus