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PLACENTAL PACEMAKER? "Placental vessels are not innervated. Therefore the vasomotor activity and vascular tone is not regulated by the nervous system. We propose that rhythmic contractions are triggered by pacemaker cells located in the circular layer of the smooth muscle of blood vessels and spread via gap junctions." http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/11776962 View in LinkedIn

THE PLACENTA IS A REMARKABLE ORGAN. "Placentas have three functions: the exchange of nutrient and waste materials between mother and fetus, the manufacture and secretion of hormones, and the maintenance of an immunologic barrier." This lovely review of the placenta may change your view of that big piece of meat that appears at birth. http://lnkd.in/dgskpUQ View in LinkedIn

GENDER AND PLACENTAL LOCATION. "Dramatic differences were detected in chorionic villi / placental location according to gender. 97.2% of the male fetuses had a chorionic villi/placenta location on the right side of the uterus whereas, 2.4% had a chorionic villi/placenta location to the left of the uterus." http://www.obgyn.net/articles/relationship-between-placental-location-and-fetal-gender-ramzi%25E2%2580%2599s-method View in LinkedIn

HUMAN PLACENTAL SEXOME. "Fetal sex influences gene expression and produces functional differences in human placentas ... there are cell-phenotype specific, and tissue-specific, sex-biased responses in the human placenta." http://lnkd.in/d6UuzgR View in LinkedIn

EPIGENETICS, such as global placental methylation, plays a key role in the health outcomes of the fetus. These biochemical and genetic changes are in response to the local environment, including stressors, and can over-ride core genetic dispositions. http://rsx.sagepub.com/content/21/1/131.short View in LinkedIn

PLACENTAL GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES with trimester, clearly preparing the mother and baby for birth. When these go awry, problems arise. http://rsx.sagepub.com/content/20/6/710.short View in LinkedIn

ANECDOTAL TALE. "Maybe it was sheer coincidence that I went nuts right after I started taking my placental pills and returned to normal almost immediately after stopping." http://lnkd.in/dnPFaUD View in LinkedIn

FETAL SEX AFFECTS PLACENTAL GENES. "Analyzing 300 placenta samples, the researchers found more than 140 differences in gene expression between the male and female samples ... there were differences between male and female samples in genes encoding the LH and hCG hormones that promote placental growth." http://lnkd.in/dpZzaCp View in LinkedIn

HUMAN PLACENTOPHAGY. "Since the 1970s, however, consumption of the placenta believing that it has health benefits has been a growing practice among clients of midwives and alternative-health advocates in the U.S. and Mexico. http://lnkd.in/dvh3k9f View in LinkedIn

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