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Smooth muscle (tissue)

Known as: Smooth muscle tissue, Smooth Muscle, Muscles, Smooth 
Unstriated and unstriped muscle, one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc. Contractile elements are elongated… 
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Review
2005
Review
2005
BOTULINUM TOXIN Mechanisms of action
This review describes therapeutically relevant mechanisms of action of botulinum toxin (BT). B T ’s molecular mode of action… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The autoantigen-binding B cell repertoires of normal and of chronically graft-versus-host-diseased mice
A quantitative analysis of the frequencies of autoantibody-producing B cells in GVHD and in normal mice has been undertaken by… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Inactivation of calcium channel current in rat uterine smooth muscle: evidence for calcium‐ and voltage‐mediated mechanisms.
Ca channel currents were recorded in Cs‐loaded myometrial strips from pregnant rats after addition of tetraethylammonium chloride… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Correlation of enzymatic properties and conformation of smooth muscle myosin.
In the presence of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and 1-10 mM MgCl2, the relative viscosity (eta rel) of dephosphorylated… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Bimodal distribution of the prostaglandin I2 synthase antigen in smooth muscle cells.
Vascular and nonvascular smooth muscles in 12 different organs from the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts of… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Characterization of the Cardiovascular Activities of a New Cardiotonic Agent, MDL 17043 (1,3‐Dihydro-4‐methyl-5-[4-(methylthio)-benzoyl]-2H‐imidazol-2‐one)
Summary The cardiovascular actions of 1,3-dihydro-4-methyl-5[4-(methylthio)-benzoyl]-2H-imidazol-2-one (MDL 17043), a new non… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Cyclic nucleotides and smooth muscle.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Regression of early cholesterol-induced aortic lesions in rhesus monkeys.
The reversibility of early uncomplicated cholesterol-induced aortic lesions in rhesus monkeys was investigated. Three groups of… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Regulation of activity in uterine smooth muscle.
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
The cause of the supersensitivity of smooth muscle to noradrenaline after sympathetic degeneration
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