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Functional subdivision within a lobster motor unit

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A discrete middle band of tonic fibers in the claw closer muscles of lobsters functions as a sub-unit of the slow motor unit in maintaining dactyl posture at a low frequency of firing due to its synaptic properties and strategic location.

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  1. Marine Biological Laboratory, Boston University Marine Program, 02543, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

    R. H. Hill & C. K. Govind

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

    R. H. Hill & C. K. Govind

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Supported by National Institute of Health Grant to Dr A. G. Humes and the late Fred Lang.

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

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Hill, R.H., Govind, C.K. Functional subdivision within a lobster motor unit. Experientia 38, 362–363 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949394

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