... and larger fast glycolytic muscle fibres. Despite no detectable change in maximal performance of sprint-trained lizards, we detected that they had significantly larger slow oxidative muscle fibre areas compared with the other treatments. Treatment groups did not differ in the proportion of number of fibre...

... and provides some perspectives on future research directions. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 15 12 2010 © 2011. 2011 muscle fibre myogenic precursor cell myoblast fusion muscle gene paralogue muscle protein synthesis muscle protein breakdown muscle growth model...

... on the fibre, the calculated myofilament stiffness was approximately 2.5 times the maximum cross-bridge stiffness. e-mail: [email protected] 9 2 2009 2009 muscle fibre striated muscle myofilament elasticity muscle mechanics stiffness measurement There is evidence...

... and on voltage-sensitive Na + channels from this scorpion. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 18 06 1998 25 08 1998 © The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 toxin peptide K + current Na + current Ca 2+ current crayfish scorpion muscle fibre...

... ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1996 joint control muscle fibre orthopteran insects stick insect locust Carausius morosus Cuniculina impigra Locusta migratoria Investigations in the field of neuroethology have led to a detailed insight into the neuronal mechanisms...

... muscle fibre shortening, demonstrating that these neuromodulators exert direct actions on the muscle cells. The cardioactive peptide FMRFamide (10 −6 moll −1 ), although slightly potentiating muscle contractions in reduced neuromuscular preparations, significantly decreased both ACh-evoked muscle fibre...

... that the pincer muscle initially regenerates exclusively fast fibres as was reported for A. californiensis . 06 02 1986 © 1986 by Company of Biologists 1986 regeneration muscle fibre shrimp In general, crustaceans have impressive powers of regeneration, being able to reform entire...