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Coordinated activation of muscle fibres by different conduction velocities in branches of a crustacean motor axon

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Higher conduction velocities in branches of the fast excitor axon to distal muscle fibres ensure that these fibres are activated almost simultaneously with proximal fibres in the claw closer muscle of lobsters, producing a contraction of maximal force.

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  1. Scarborough College, University of Toronto, M1C 1A4, West Hill, Ontario, Canada

    C. K. Govind

  2. Marine Biological Laboratory, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

    F. Lang

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Supported by Muscular Dystrophy Association and National Research Council of Canada.

Supported by National Institute of Health and Muscular Dystrophy Association of America.

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Govind, C.K., Lang, F. Coordinated activation of muscle fibres by different conduction velocities in branches of a crustacean motor axon. Experientia 32, 1170–1171 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01927607

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