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Early stage of re-innervation of frog slow muscle fibres

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Pyriformis muscles of Rana temporaria were denervated by crushing the sciatic nerve. One to three months later most slow fibres were re-innervated by motor axons with conduction velocities above 5 m/sec. Since normal slow fibres were never found to have motor axons conducting faster than 5 m/sec it is concluded that, at an early stage, slow fibres are re-innervated non-selectively by axons of the fast type.

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  1. I. Physiologisches Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, D-6650, Homburg/Saar, Germany

    E. Stefani (Established Investigator of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Tecnicas, Argentina) & H. Schmidt

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Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bad-Godesberg (Sonderforschungsbereich 38 “Membranforschung”).

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Stefani, E., Schmidt, H. Early stage of re-innervation of frog slow muscle fibres. Pflugers Arch. 336, 271–275 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00590051

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