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Denis James Crankshaw

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Professor EmeritusObstetrics & GynecologyMcMaster University

Denis James Crankshaw

Professor Emeritus

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2014

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No graduate courses on record.
1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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119

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cranksha@mcmaster.ca (905) 525-9140 ext. 22759

119 publications.

Potassium depolarized rat uterus in response to oxytocin and its structural analogues: kinetic analysis

Pliska V, Crankshaw DJ

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2025-0104

Spontaneous Human Myometrial Contractility in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy in Relation to Past Mode of Delivery

Ryan GA, Nicholson SM, Crankshaw DJ, Morrison JJ

American Journal of Perinatology2021

DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1694980

Maternal parity and functional contractility of human myometrium in vitro in the third trimester of pregnancy

Ryan GA, Nicholson SM, Crankshaw DJ, Morrison JJ

Journal of Perinatology20198 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41372-019-0312-2

Synthesis of α-methylstilbenes using an aqueous Wittig methodology and application toward the development of potent human aromatase inhibitors

Nielsen AJ, Raez-Villanueva S, Crankshaw DJ, Holloway AC, McNulty J

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters20195 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.03.033

Effects of maternal parity on response of human myometrium to oxytocin and ergometrine in vitro

Ryan GA, Crankshaw DJ, Morrison JJ

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology20194 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2019.09.006

25: Insulin exerts an inhibitory effect on the contractility of human pregnant myometrium in vitro

Dundon NA, Nicholson SM, Ryan GA, Crankshaw DJ, Morrison JJ

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology20181 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.10.436

383: Human uterine contractility at term in relation to parity

Ryan GA, Nicholson SM, Crankshaw DJ, Morrison JJ

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology20181 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.10.319

584: Human uterine contractility at term in relation to previous cesarean section

Ryan G, Nicholson SM, Crankshaw DJ, Morrison JJ

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.11.112

964: Effects of external glucose concentration on the contractility of human pregnant myometrium in vitro

Dundon NÁ, Nicholson SM, Crankshaw DJ, Morrison JJ

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.11.451

Maternal body mass index and spontaneous contractility of human myometrium in pregnancy

Crankshaw DJ, O'Brien YM, Crosby DA, Morrison JJ

Journal of Perinatology201714 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1038/jp.2016.271

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Denis James Crankshaw

Potassium depolarized rat uterus in response to oxytocin and its structural analogues: kinetic analysis

Spontaneous Human Myometrial Contractility in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy in Relation to Past Mode of Delivery

Maternal parity and functional contractility of human myometrium in vitro in the third trimester of pregnancy

Synthesis of α-methylstilbenes using an aqueous Wittig methodology and application toward the development of potent human aromatase inhibitors

Effects of maternal parity on response of human myometrium to oxytocin and ergometrine in vitro

25: Insulin exerts an inhibitory effect on the contractility of human pregnant myometrium in vitro

383: Human uterine contractility at term in relation to parity

584: Human uterine contractility at term in relation to previous cesarean section

964: Effects of external glucose concentration on the contractility of human pregnant myometrium in vitro

Maternal body mass index and spontaneous contractility of human myometrium in pregnancy

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Ashok Kumar Grover

Warren Foster

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