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STRONG indirect evidence is now accumulating1,2 in support of the old idea that large mammalian arteries may be capable of contracting and relaxing at least as rapidly as the heart. Direct evidence based on studies of isolated arteries is still lacking, and this remains a major stumbling block in accepting the implications of much of the recent work.
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DICKINSON, C. Rapid Contractile Properties of Isolated Mammalian Arteries. Nature 185, 620–621 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185620a0
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