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: Received: 27 March 2024 / Approved: 27 March 2024 / Online: 27 March 2024 (14:37:28 CET)
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Mahapatra, C.; Kumar, R. Biophysical Mechanisms of Vaginal Smooth Muscle Contraction: Role of the Membrane Potential and Ion Channels. Preprints2024, 2024031690. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1690.v1
Mahapatra, C.; Kumar, R. Biophysical Mechanisms of Vaginal Smooth Muscle Contraction: Role of the Membrane Potential and Ion Channels. Preprints 2024, 2024031690. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1690.v1
Mahapatra, C.; Kumar, R. Biophysical Mechanisms of Vaginal Smooth Muscle Contraction: Role of the Membrane Potential and Ion Channels. Preprints2024, 2024031690. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1690.v1
APA Style
Mahapatra, C., & Kumar, R. (2024). Biophysical Mechanisms of Vaginal Smooth Muscle Contraction: Role of the Membrane Potential and Ion Channels. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1690.v1
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Mahapatra, C. and Ravinder Kumar. 2024 "Biophysical Mechanisms of Vaginal Smooth Muscle Contraction: Role of the Membrane Potential and Ion Channels" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1690.v1
Abstract
The vagina is an essential component of the female reproductive system and is responsible for providing female sexual satisfaction. Vaginal smooth muscle contraction plays a crucial role in various physiological processes, including sexual arousal, childbirth, and urinary continence. In pathophysiological conditions such as pelvic floor disorders, aberrations in vaginal smooth muscle function can lead to urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. A set of cellular and sub-cellular physiological mechanisms regulates the contractile properties of the vaginal smooth muscle cells. Calcium influx is a crucial determinant of smooth muscle contraction, facilitated through voltage-dependent calcium channels and calcium release from intracellular stores. Comprehensive reviews on smooth muscle biophysics are relatively scarce within the scientific literature, likely due to the complexity and specialized nature of the topic. The objective of this review is to provide a comprehensive description of alterations in the cellular physiology of vaginal smooth muscle contraction. The benefit associated with this particular approach is that conducting a comprehensive examination of the cellular mechanisms underlying contractile activation will enable the creation of more targeted therapeutic agents to control vaginal contraction disorders.
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