title: A not so plain muscle: the maturing of smooth muscle research.
abstract: Today, smooth muscle research is a flourishing sub-discipline. This essay charts the trials and tribulations of early workers as they overcame technical limitations to establish this field by the end of the 1960s.
authors.affiliation: O'Brien Centre for the BHSc Program, Department of Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Canada. pkrangac@ucalgary.ca
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Rangachari
mesh_terms: D009130:Muscle, Smooth; D012106:Research