Intercellular Connection between Smooth Muscle Cells: the Nexus
- 31 August 1962
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 137 (3531) , 670-672
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.137.3531.670.b
Abstract
High-resolution electron microscopy has revealed that the regions of contact between smooth muscle cells from dog intestine are areas of fusion of adjacent cell membranes. For morphological and functional reasons this type of contact between excitable cells has been termed a nexus.Keywords
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