Journal article
Calcium and contractions of isolated smooth muscle cells from rat myometrium
Abstract
Smooth muscle cells were isolated from estrogenized rat myometrium by collagenase digestion. Electron microscopic examination and measurement of cell lengths by image-splitting micrometry were carried out after fixation with acrolein. Mean lengths of cells before and after isolation were 81.7 and 66.9 micron, respectively. Responses of cells were compared with contractions of isolated strips recorded isometrically. Effects of carbachol and KCl …
Authors
Kyozuka M; Crankshaw J; Berezin I; Collins SM; Daniel EE
Journal
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Vol. 65, No. 9, pp. 1966–1975
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Publication Date
September 1, 1987
DOI
10.1139/y87-306
ISSN
0008-4212