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The origin of the series elastic component in single crayfish muscle fibres

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High-speed cinematographic studies on the length changes of single tetanized crayfish muscle fibres during a step decrease in length revealed a fairly uniform distribution of a highly compliant series elastic component along the fibre length, suggesting that it mainly originates from some structures in each sarcomere other than the cross-bridges.

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  1. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, 173, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Tameyasu & H. Sugi

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  1. T. Tameyasu
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We wish to thank Dr H. Hashizume of the Engineering Research Institute, Tokyo University for providing facilities to use the ultra high-speed cine-camera, and Mr T. Tsuno, Mr Y. Nakamura and Miss S. Gomi for their technical assistance.

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Tameyasu, T., Sugi, H. The origin of the series elastic component in single crayfish muscle fibres. Experientia 35, 210–211 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920621

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