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Smooth Muscle

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  • © 1975

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Editors:
  1. Edwin E. Daniel

    1. Department of Pharmacology, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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  2. David M. Paton

    1. Department of Pharmacology, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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Table of contents (41 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Ultrastructure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Ultrastructure of Smooth Muscle

      • A. P. Somlyo, Avril V. Somlyo
      Pages 3-45

    3. Cell-to-Cell Contacts

      • Ruth M. Henderson
      Pages 47-77

  4. Isolation and Characterization of Contractile Proteins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Isolation and Identification of Smooth Muscle Contractile Proteins

      • Y. Nonomura, S. Ebashi
      Pages 141-162

  5. Recording of Electrical and Mechanical Activity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Recording Electrical and Mechanical Activities of Smooth Muscle

      • S. K. Sarna
      Pages 165-183

    3. Recording of Extracellular Electrical Activity

      • A. Bortoff
      Pages 185-199

    4. Recording of Intracellular Electrical Activity with Microelectrodes

      • H. Kuriyama, Y. Ito
      Pages 201-230

    5. Recording of Intracellular Electrical Activity with the Sucrose-Gap Method

      • R. F. Coburn, M. Ohba, T. Tomita
      Pages 231-245

    6. Recording of Intracellular Electrical Activity with the Voltage-Clamp Technique with Double Sucrose Gap

      • R. F. Coburn, M. Ohba, T. Tomita
      Pages 247-260

    7. The Recording of Mechanical Responses of Smooth Muscle

      • W. D. M. Paton
      Pages 261-264

    8. Physical Properties of Contractile Systems

      • N. L. Stephens
      Pages 265-296

  6. Methods of Stimulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
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    2. Excitation of Nerves

      • Mollie E. Holman
      Pages 299-311
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About this book

The study of the actions of drugs on smooth muscle has been a preoccupation of many pharmacologists almost from the beginning of the discipline. To a con­ siderable degree, the development of theories to explain drug actions on smooth muscle has occurred somewhat independently of the development of our knowledge of the physiology, biochemistry, and biophysics of smooth muscle. This knowledge has developed rapidly in the past decade, and some of its consequences for our understanding of drug-receptor interactions in smooth muscle have not always been fully appreciated or accepted. One of the purposes of this volume is to provide pharmacologists with some understanding of the physiology, biophysics, and bio­ chemistry of smooth muscle and of related advances in methodology so as to facilitate the incorporation of such knowledge and related methods into future pharmacological studies of smooth muscle and drug interactions. Another purpose of the book is to provide both graduate students and in­ vestigators in pharmacology and related disciplines with a summary of the numerous methods that have evolved or are available for the study of drug and smooth muscle interactions, and, in particular, to highlight their possible uses and limitations. Perhaps, because of the diversity in content and difficulty of these methods, there has to our knowledge never been a previous attempt to bring them together in one place. We have not, of course, succeeded entirely in this objective.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pharmacology, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Edwin E. Daniel, David M. Paton

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Smooth Muscle

  • Editors: Edwin E. Daniel, David M. Paton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2751-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2753-0Published: 21 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2751-6Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 731

  • Number of Illustrations: 118 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology

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