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[Reactivity of isolated arteries: the role of their dynamic stretching]
D P Dvoretskiĭ1, V N Iartsev, O V Karachentseva
1Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Acad. Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia.
Abstract:
The smooth muscle constriction elicited by the NA or EFS was smaller when static stretching was replaced with a dynamic one in rats. The latter seems to activate the NO synthesis/secretion thus inhibiting the constriction and potentiating the dilation.