The Photoactivated Relaxation of Smooth Muscle of Rabbit Aorta
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The Photoactivated Relaxation of Smooth Muscle of Rabbit Aorta
Smooth muscle of strips of rabbit aorta, placed in a state of active tonic contraction by addition of a stimulating drug, relaxes during exposure to light. The relaxation is reversible. The extent of relaxation produced by a standard exposure depends on the preexposure level of active contraction but not on the nature of the stimulating drug used to produce contraction. With strips brought to a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Physiology
سال: 1961
ISSN: 1540-7748,0022-1295
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.44.3.499