Stretch-induced force development in Mytilus smooth muscle during submaximal activation
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1Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
The Japanese Journal of Physiology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
When the anterior byssal retractor muscle of Mytilus edulis is stretched by 5-20% during submaximal activation with 100 mM K+ or 10(-5) M acetylcholine, it exhibited a delayed force development after the completion of stretch. The effect of ions and drugs on the stretch-induced activation suggests the stretch-induced release of Ca2+ from the inner surface of the plasma membrane.