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relaxation of vascular smooth muscle

Known as: vascular smooth muscle relaxation 
A process in which the extent of vascular smooth muscle contraction is reduced. Vascular smooth muscle relaxation is mediated via a decrease in the… (More)
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Vasodilation

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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Regulator of G-protein signaling-2 mediates vascular smooth muscle relaxation and blood pressure
Nitric oxide (NO) inhibits vascular contraction by activating cGMP-dependent protein kinase I-α (PKGI-α), which causes… (More)
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2001
2001
Nitric oxide contributes to vascular smooth muscle relaxation in contracting fast-twitch muscles.
During skeletal muscle contraction, NO derived from neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in skeletal muscle fibers or from… (More)
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1994
1994
Prostaglandin I2 mediates contraction and relaxation of vascular smooth muscle.
Prostaglandin (PG) I2 elicits a biphasic concentration-response curve in rat aorta: lower concentrations elicit relaxation… (More)
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1991
1991
Mechanisms of calcium relaxation of vascular smooth muscle.
We examined mechanisms of relaxation in intact and endothelium-denuded thoracic aortic rings of rat in response to various… (More)
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1989
1989
Cross-bridge dephosphorylation and relaxation of vascular smooth muscle.
We tested the hypothesis that relaxation in vascular smooth muscle is the result of inactivation of myosin light chain kinase and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Endothelium-derived relaxing factor produced and released from artery and vein is nitric oxide.
The objective of this study was to determine whether nitric oxide (NO) is responsible for the vascular smooth muscle relaxation… (More)
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Agonist-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation in rat thoracic aorta may be mediated through cGMP.
The present study investigates the hypothesis that endothelium-dependent relaxation of vascular smooth muscle may be mediated… (More)
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Relationship between cyclic guanosine 3':5'-monophosphate formation and relaxation of coronary arterial smooth muscle by glyceryl trinitrate, nitroprusside, nitrite and nitric oxide: effects of…
The purpose of the present study was to determine time course relationship between cyclic GMP accumulation and relaxation in… (More)
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1979
1979
Potassium relaxation of vascular smooth muscle from spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Helical strips of tail artery from spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and Kyoto Wistar normotensive rats (WKY) were observed to… (More)
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1976
1976
Adenosine relaxation of isolated vascular smooth muscle.
Adenosine relaxed hog carotid media strips contracted with norepinephrine (NE) and potassium (K+). Adenosine (3 X 10(-6)M) was… (More)
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