Sentence examples for is stimulated to contract from inspiring English sources

Not only does the heart generally beat stronger when it is stimulated to contract faster, the kinetic of contraction is also accelerated, that is, the frequency-dependent acceleration of relaxation (FDAR) [ 1, 2].

Ventricular myocytes from adult rat hearts were stimulated to contract at 0.5 Hz, and mechanical and intracellular Ca2+ properties were evaluated using an IonOptix Myocam system.

Interventions: The left quadriceps were stimulated to contract against an isokinetic load (resisted) while the right quadriceps contracted against gravity (unresisted) for 1 hour a day, 5 days a week, for 24 weeks.

This is achieved by the muscle being stimulated to contract again by a release in tension in the muscle, which can happen more rapidly than through simple nerve stimulation alone.

Isolated fibres were stimulated to contract, as previously described (Pye et al., 2007; Palomero et al., 2008).

During priming with repeated cycles of angiotensin II-hypoxia, the myocytes are stimulated to contract and raise pulmonary artery pressure.

Cells were exposed to light emitted by a 75W lamp, while being stimulated to contract at a frequency of 0.5 Hz.

Myocytes are exposed to light emitted by a 75 W halogen lamp through either a 360 or 380 nm filter while being stimulated to contract at 0.5 Hz.

Highly aligned collagen fibers would theoretically be associated with a greater force of contracture when myofibroblasts are stimulated to contract along uninterrupted parallel fibers [ 5].

After incubation muscles were stimulated to contract at 1 Hz for an additional 5 minutes in Rhod-2 solution to ensure dye uptake into the muscle.

However, if the neighboring extrafusal fibers were stimulated to contract, they unload the tendon organ, thus bringing it to a subthreshold level.