Smooth Muscle Contraction
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Neurotransmitters & Neuromodulators — Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology▶ 15:14So it's releasing a powerful internal signalA very powerful signal, which leads to a strong immediate response, often causing something like smooth muscle contractionThe complexity is the whole pointAssessment and Management of Patients with Allergic Disorders — Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing▶ 10:21And then prostaglandinsProstaglandins cause smooth muscle contraction, vasodilation, increased capillary permeability, and importantly, they sensitize pain receptors, which contributes to the local heat, redness,…So those are the immediate hits, the first waveAutonomic Nervous System — Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology▶ 28:36Therapies focus on avoiding known vasoconstrictors, particularly tobacco and beta blockers, which can paradoxically make it worseThe most common pharmaceutical treatment involves using vasodilators, like calcium channel blockers, which directly inhibit smooth muscle contraction, or sometimes alpha adrenoceptor…Okay, we must now acknowledge a layer of complexity that modern physiology has revealed