Isotonic relaxation of control and sensitized airway smooth muscle

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 941-951

  Stephens, N L ^a   Fust, A ^a   Jiang, H ^a   Li, W ^a   Ma, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Intracellular calcium transients; Isotonic relaxation; Myosin light chain (20 kda) phosphorylation; Sensitized smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; TRACHEA;

EID: 32544436581     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y05-103     Document Type: Article

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