title: Stress relaxation compared with relaxation after contraction in smooth muscles.
abstract: The time courses of relaxation after contraction and of stress relaxation were found to be different. In the first case, but not in the latter, the time curves have a sigmoid shape. Furthermore, stress relaxation is characterized by a remaining higher resting tension. The differences can be explained by different functional conditions underlying both events.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006372:Helix, Snails; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000502:physiology*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013997:Time Factors