EXCITATORY junction potentials have been recorded from smooth muscles during stimulation of their extrinsic autonomic nerves 1–4. Recently similar potentials have been recorded from the smooth muscle ...

THE activity of the smooth muscle in guinea-pig ileum has been investigated many times. The tissue preparation most often used for such investigations has been the isolated ileum. In a number of cases ...

The heart pumps blood through the vascular system, supplying cells with oxygen and energy Smooth muscle cells in the vessels finely regulate the blood flow. If they cannot perform their task, ...

ASMAs were first discovered in 1965 in people with chronic active hepatitis. Usually, your immune system will attack foreign bodies like a parasite or a virus with the antibodies made for defending ...

We report on the discrimination of vascular smooth muscle cells and myoepithelial cells in primary cultures of human breast tissue. Breast tissue was disaggregated enzymatically and the resulting ...