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Relationship between light diffraction intensity and tension development in frog skeletal muscle

Experientia volume 39, pages 58–59 (1983)Cite this article

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Laser diffraction intensity decrease in active muscles precedes tension development at sarcomere lenghts below 2.76 μm, but not at greater lenghts. This suggests that the time lag is caused by random sarcomere shortenings inside each myofibril.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Mizuho-ku, 467, Nagoya, (Japan)

    T. Oba & K. Hotta

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Oba, T., Hotta, K. Relationship between light diffraction intensity and tension development in frog skeletal muscle. Experientia 39, 58–59 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960626

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Keywords

  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Active Muscle
  • Intensity Decrease
  • Diffraction Intensity
  • Laser Diffraction