Enitome Bafor
Dr. Enitome Bafor is an associate professor at the University of Benin, Nigeria, and currently a postdoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health, USA. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde, UK, under a scholarship from the then Education Trust Fund, Nigeria, and has done a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Liverpool, UK, with a Grant from the Society for Reproductive Investigation, USA. Some of her other achievements include research grants in 2016 and 2019 from The World Academy of Science and the Society for Reproductive Investigation/Bayer Pharmaceuticals USA. Some of her awards include Gro Brundtland Award 2018 for women in sustainable development, research advocacy award by Research4life Elsevier, Nigerian Young Scientist Prize in Health Sciences 2017, and Runner up Inspiring Champions of Science 2019 by Johnson
Supervisors: Prof. Susan Wray, Dr. RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel, Dr. Edward Rowan, and Dr. Raheela Khan
Supervisors: Prof. Susan Wray, Dr. RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel, Dr. Edward Rowan, and Dr. Raheela Khan
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toxicity. Therefore an unanticipated effect on uterine contractility becomes of utmost importance. This
study was therefore aimed at investigating the uterine stimulatory effects of local anaesthetics on uterine
contractions. Lidocaine and bupivacaine significantly increased uterine contractions (EC50: 0.009 ±0.33 and
0.148 ± 0.20 mMrespectively) (p<0.001) while procaine and benzocaine produced no significant increase
in uterine contractility. In conclusion, this study has shown that amide anaesthetics stimulate myometrial
contractility via a cascade of cellular mechanisms and possibly via calcium channels.