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For example, in mice genetically engineered to distinguish the inactive (cytoplasmic) from active (nuclear) forms of NFAT by means of a sensor, it is evident that NFAT is inactive in resting muscles, but activated by tonic patterns of muscle contraction (running or electrical stimulation of the motor nerve) [40].
In the CT 100 mM NaCl elicited a strong phasic response which quickly returned to the level of spontaneous activity, while in the NG it elicited both a phasic and a small tonic response.
Endurance training regimens like running or cycling employ tonic patterns of contractile work, and it is this form of habitual activity that serves best to reduce risk for obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.
Here Kern harmonizes the tonic or central key, D, with a conventional tonic D-major triad.
If patriots make a reverent pilgrimage to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame (just off Lakeshore Boulevard West at Exhibition Place) to salute heroic athletes of the past, the separate Hockey Hall of Fame provides a tonic lesson for American visitors to recall, among the trophies, masks, skates, and hockey sticks, the fact that nearly all their ice hockey heroes are Canadian-born.