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In the normal sequence of physiological events leading from excitation to contraction in smooth muscle, a depolarizing stimulus initiates a series of steps that eventually result in a contractile response. Experimentally, a dissociation between events related to excitation and those occurring subsequent to this is of value in order to study and to characterize the component cellular reactions in an unambiguous fashion. Development and use of high potassium solutions has been one of the more valuable approaches to these problems.
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Weiss, G.B. (1975). Stimulation with High Potassium. In: Daniel, E.E., Paton, D.M. (eds) Smooth Muscle. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2751-6_17
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