Population
Hog carotid artery (vascular smooth muscle from a tonic conducting vessel)
Comparison
Stepwise activations with varying concentrations… vs Stepwise activations with varying concentrations…
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Should not yet alter clinical views on vascular energetics; leaves open human and in vivo translation.
The steady-state metabolic energy cost of membrane depolarization per se during contractile activity in vascular smooth muscle from hog carotid artery is negligible.
Peterson et al. (1982) studied this question.
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