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Electrical and Mechanical Activity of Isolated Vascular Smooth Muscle of the Rat

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SPONTANEOUS electrical and mechanical activity of smooth muscle from the portal vein of the rat were recorded simultaneously for the purpose of determining the relationship of membrane potential to tension development.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

    S. FUNAKI

  2. Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    DAVID F. BOHR

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FUNAKI, S., BOHR, D. Electrical and Mechanical Activity of Isolated Vascular Smooth Muscle of the Rat. Nature 203, 192–194 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203192b0

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