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Science 31 August 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3531, pp. 670 - 672
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3531.670-a
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Intercellular Connection between Smooth Muscle Cells: the Nexus

Maynard M. Dewey 1 and Lloyd Barr 2

1 Department of Anatomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2 Department of Physiology, University of Michigan

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.


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