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The changes which follow cross reinnervation of mammalian fast and slow twitch muscles may reflect a capacity of skeletal muscle to respond adaptively to different functional requirements. This interpretation is supported by experiments in which long-term electrical stimulation was used both to reproduce and to oppose the effects of cross reinnervation.
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Salmons, S., Sréter, F. Significance of impulse activity in the transformation of skeletal muscle type. Nature 263, 30–34 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263030a0
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