What is latch? New ideas about tonic contraction in smooth muscle
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility
- Vol. 10 (2), 97-100
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01739965
Abstract
Smooth muscles have traditionally been classified as phasic or tonic, the tonic muscles being those which maintain a steady tension indefinitely with a low consumption of energy. Until ten years ago it was considered that the differences between smooth muscle types reflected different innervation or excitation-contraction coupling. However, recent work makes it clear that the contractile apparatus itself is adapted in tonic muscles.Keywords
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