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Sensory and Motor Innervation of the Abductor Digiti Quinti Medius Muscle of the Cat

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The abductor digiti quinti medius (adqm) is an intrinsic muscle of the foot which abducts the fifth digit. Despite its small size (about 30mg) it contains all the elements of a complete skeletomotor and fusimotor system. It may therefore provide a practical model for studying integrated fusimotor and skeletomotor activity under a variety of conditions. Morphological investigation of the innervation of the adqm muscle of the cat hind limb was carried out as an adjunct to electrophysiological studies.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK

    R. W. Banks

  2. Muscle Spindle Physiology Group, I.B.L.S., West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK

    M. H. Gladden & F. Sutherland

  3. Department of Life Sciences, Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan

    A. Yoshimura

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  1. Sherrington School of Physiology, UMDS, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, England

    Anthony Taylor  & Rade Durbaba  & 

  2. Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

    Margaret H. Gladden

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Banks, R.W., Gladden, M.H., Sutherland, F., Yoshimura, A. (1995). Sensory and Motor Innervation of the Abductor Digiti Quinti Medius Muscle of the Cat. In: Taylor, A., Gladden, M.H., Durbaba, R. (eds) Alpha and Gamma Motor Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1935-5_45

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