[Contractile function of vessel myocytes: dependence on the stretch magnitude].

The values of the optimal stretch for the maximal responses of the rat mesenteric artery ring to electrical field stimulation (FES) or noradrenaline as well as for the maximal myogenic responses, tone, and maximal changes in these responses produced by low pH and dynamic sinusoidal stretch of the vessel wall were compared. The findings show that the magnitude of stretch corresponding to the maximal effect depend on the character of responses, on the factor, and on the responses occurrence conditions.