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Intercellular Regulation of Smooth Muscle Contraction
 Sponsored by APS Respiration Section

Monday, April 30 — 3:15-5:15 PM
Washington, DC Convention Center — Room 145A
 
Chaired:

Michael Sanderson, Univ. of Massachusetts 
Susan Gunst, Indiana Univ. Sch. of Med.

The contraction of smooth muscle cells is important in regulating numerous physiological processes including of vascular tone, gut motility and airway constriction. The aim of this symposium is to examine how adjacent cells or the extracellular matrix contribute to the regulation of SMC contraction.

3:15 PM

Local potassium signaling couples neuronal activity to vascular function.
Mark Nelson, Univ. of Vermont
 

3:45 PM

Regulation of smooth muscles by pacemaker cells.
Kenton Sanders, Univ. of Nevada Sch. of Med.
 

4:15 PM

Signalling from the extracellular matrix to the cytoskeleton in the regulation of airway smooth muscle function.
Susan Gunst, Indiana Univ. Sch. of Med.
 

4:45 PM

Ca2+ oscillations regulate airway SMC contraction.
Michael Sanderson, Univ. of Massachusetts