Mathematical model of excitation-contraction in a uterine smooth muscle cell.

@article{Bursztyn2007MathematicalMO,
  title={Mathematical model of excitation-contraction in a uterine smooth muscle cell.},
  author={Limor Bursztyn and Osnat Eytan and Ariel J. Jaffa and David Elad},
  journal={American journal of physiology. Cell physiology},
  year={2007},
  volume={292 5},
  pages={
          C1816-29
        }
}
Uterine contractility is generated by contractions of myometrial smooth muscle cells (SMCs) that compose most of the myometrial layer of the uterine wall. Calcium ion (Ca(2+)) entry into the cell can be initiated by depolarization of the cell membrane. The increase in the free Ca(2+) concentration within the cell initiates a chain of reactions, which lead to formation of cross bridges between actin and myosin filaments, and thereby the cell contracts. During contraction the SMC shortens while… 
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