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Review
. 1989 Apr;10(2):97-100.
doi: 10.1007/BF01739965.

What is latch? New ideas about tonic contraction in smooth muscle

S B Marston  1
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Review

What is latch? New ideas about tonic contraction in smooth muscle

S B Marston. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 1989 Apr.

Abstract

Smooth muscles have traditionally been classified as phasic or tonic, the tonic muscles being those which maintain a steady tension indefinitely with a low consumption of energy. Until ten years ago it was considered that the differences between smooth muscle types reflected different innervation or excitation-contraction coupling. However, recent work makes it clear that the contractile apparatus itself is adapted in tonic muscles.

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