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Mechanical-to-electrical transducers (mechanotrons), used in engineering to measure displacement, forces, pressures, and other mechanical parameters, were tested as sensitive elements for recording contractile activity of isolated objects (the frog ventricle, a segment of rat ileum), and also the level of the arterial pressure in anesthetized animals. The results showed that mechanotrons are simple, convenient, and reliable instruments for such investigations.
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Department of Pharmacology, Faculties of Internal Medicine and Hygiene, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow Medical Institute. Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 88, No. 11, pp. 626–629, November, 1979.
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Berlin, G.S., Petrov, A.G., Kharkevich, D.A. et al. Possible use of mechanical-to-electrical transducers in experimental biological research. Bull Exp Biol Med 88, 1379–1382 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00835604
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00835604