Table 1.

Reported changes in smooth muscle steady-state or basal [Ca²⁺]_i during conditions of altered metabolism

Intervention	Smooth muscle	Change steady-state in calcium	Reference
Hypoxia	Coronary	⇄	Paul et al. 1991
	Small pulmonary	↑	Salvaterra & Golfman, 1993; Post et al. 1995; Urena et al. 1996
	Conduit pulmonary	↓	Urena et al. 1996
	Cerebral and mesenteric	⇄	Aalkjaer & Lombard, 1995
	Cerebral	⇄	Gebremedhin et al. 1994
	Taenia coli	⇄	Obara et al. 1997
Metabolic inhibition	Ileum	↑	Hori et al. 1989
	Aorta	↑	Ishida & Honda, 1991
	Stomach	↑/⇄	Huang et al. 1993; Drummond & Fay, 1996
	Portal vein	↑	Sward et al. 1993; Lydrup et al. 1994
	Pulmonary	↑	Yuan, 1995
	Uterus	↑	Taggart et al. 1997
	Ureter	↑/⇄	Bullock & Wray, 1997