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To explain this cellular memory, we propose that, as the bursts of contractile activity are sustained over time (through a tonic pattern of neural stimulation), a second source of calcium is mobilized from outside of the cell and enters via a class of calcium channels that are called “store-operated” or “non-voltage-dependent.”
The myofiber somehow “remembers” not only the pattern of activity it has experienced today, but what has gone on over the preceding days or weeks, such that the changes in abundance of proteins that control contractile function and metabolism accrue over time.
Harvey also observed that the heart was a contractile muscle with one-way valves between the chambers on each side.
While in various circumstances the mesenteric veins display a greater responsiveness to contractile stimuli than the corresponding arteries [ 5 21 ] , this difference should be attributed to the specificity of the neuroeffector coupling, or to signal transduction mechanisms underlying the functional distinctions between capacitative and resistive regions of the mesenteric circulation.
Further, we sought to correlate changes in MHC and SERCA expression with the physiologic function of diaphragm strips in vitro . We hypothesized that we would identify significant alterations in MHC (and perhaps SERCA) expression in the emphysematous rat diaphragm similar to those identified in humans with severe emphysema, and that these changes would be accompanied by corresponding changes in contractile properties.
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