Ian C. Smith

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Can anyone point me to an article that shows maternal heart rate during labor and delivery of pre-term babies?

I'm wondering if there is less stress on the mom's cardiovascular system during a pre-term delivery than a full-term delivery. This is outside my wheelhouse, but smaller baby = smaller...

07 December 2021 5,325 4 View

Does inorganic phosphate increase the rate of tension development in skinned skeletal muscle activated from rest (e.g. by release of caged Ca)?

Inorganic phosphate increases the rate of tension redevelopment following rapid shortening when the thin filament is fully saturated with Ca2+. I am wondering if inorganic phosphate also affects...

07 May 2019 1,971 1 View

Why does phosphate have no effect on the force or force-pCa relationship in my skinned muscle fibres?

I am testing the effects of inorganic phosphate on the force-pCa relationship in mammalian skinned fibres at room temperature. I have lovely force-pCa relationships, but 20 mM phosphate has no...

23 February 2018 1,349 4 View