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Researchers from Academic Medical Center describe findings in physiology

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, September 25th, 2008

Scientists discuss in 'Similarities and differences in the autonomic control of airway and urinary bladder smooth muscle' new findings in physiology. "The airways and the urinary bladder are both hollow organs serving very different functions, i.e. air flow and urine storage, respectively. While the autonomic nervous system seems to play only a minor if any role in the physiological regulation of airway tone during normal breathing, it is important in the physiological regulation of bladder smooth muscle contraction and relaxation," scientists in Amsterdam, Netherlands report.

"While both tissues share a greater expression of M2 than of M3 muscarinic receptors, smooth...

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