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relaxation of smooth muscle

Known as: smooth muscle relaxation 
A process in which the extent of smooth muscle contraction is reduced. Smooth muscle differs from striated muscle in the much higher actin/myosin… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
IRAG determines nitric oxide- and atrial natriuretic peptide-mediated smooth muscle relaxation.
AIMS Nitric oxide (NO) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) signalling via cGMP controls smooth muscle tone. One important… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
After 130 years, the molecular mechanism of action of nitroglycerin is revealed
Nitroglycerin, which was originally synthesized by Ascanio Sobrero, was used by Alfred Nobel to manufacture dynamite. It was in… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
cGMP‐mediated phosphorylation of heat shock protein 20 may cause smooth muscle relaxation without myosin light chain dephosphorylation in swine carotid artery
1 Nitrovasodilators such as nitroglycerine, via production of nitric oxide and an increase in [cGMP], can induce arterial smooth… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Sexual function in patients with penile carcinoma: a prospective study
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of incontinence and impotence in patients following total… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Purinoceptor subtypes mediating contraction and relaxation of marmoset urinary bladder smooth muscle
The effects of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), α,β‐methylene‐ATP (α,β‐MeATP) and 2‐methylthio‐ATP (2… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Coronary artery endothelial cell and smooth muscle dysfunction after global myocardial ischemia.
Review
1990
Review
1990
Potassium channel openers and vascular smooth muscle relaxation.
1990
1990
β1‐Adrenoceptors mediate smooth muscle relaxation in mouse isolated trachea
1 The relaxant effects to the β‐adrenoceptor agonists isoprenaline, adrenaline, noradrenaline, RO363, procaterol and fenoterol… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Profound hyperglycemia and metabolic acidosis after verapamil overdose.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Calcium- and endothelial-mediated vascular smooth muscle relaxation in rabbit aorta.
The role of calcium in the relaxations evoked by methacholine and A23187 in intact rabbit aortic rings was investigated… 
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