Entrainment
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Biological functions governed by the circadian clock are the evident result of the entrainment operated by the earth’s day and night cycle on living organisms. However, the circadian clock is not unique, and cells and organisms possess many other cyclic activities.
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Entrained oscillations in Ca 2+ underlie many biological pacemaking phe-nomena. In this article, we review a long-range signaling mechanism in smooth muscle that results in global outcomes of local interactions. Our results are derived from studies of the following: (a) slow-wave depolariza-tions that underlie rhythmic contractions of gastric smooth muscle;
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