title: Calcium kinetics in vascular smooth muscle.
abstract: The accumulation, binding, and mobilization of Ca++ in vascular smooth muscle directly affects intracellular free Ca++ levels and contractility. Techniques have been developed to delineate Ca++ uptake and efflux parameters in isolated vessels. Similar Ca++-related components are present in different types of vessels, but their relative importance for induction and maintenance of tension differ.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium