Title: The Prevention of Preterm Labour - Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Type 1 Receptors as a Target for Drug Design and Development
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Author(s): P. A. Keller, K. Kirkwood, J. Morgan, S. Westcott and A. McCluskey
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Keywords:
Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH),, premature birth, antagonists
Abstract: The role of the corticotropin releasing hormone in the onset of labour and the subsequent medicinal chemistry implications of CRH antagonists for the prevention of premature birth, and identification of the CRH type 1 receptor as the target for this drug design, are reviewed here.