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Abstract

The correlation among a variety of physiological properties and the histochemical characteristics of muscle fibers belonging to single motor units in a mixed mammalian muscle is directly demonstrated. The population of motor units making up the cat gastrocnemius was classified into three nonoverlapping groups on the basis of a combination of physiological parameters. The muscle fibers belonging to motor units of each physiological type exhibited a distinctive histochemical profile, such that the three basic histochemical "fiber types" exactly matched the three physiologically defined groups. Within each individual motor unit, the muscle fibers were histochemically uniform.

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Burke, R. E., Levine, D. N., Zajac, F. E., Tsairis, P., & Engel, W. K. (1971). Mammalian Motor Units: Physiological-Histochemical Correlation in Three Types in Cat Gastrocnemius. Science, 174(4010), 709–712.

Authors 5
  1. R. E. Burke (first)
  2. D. N. Levine (additional)
  3. F. E. Zajac (additional)
  4. P. Tsairis (additional)
  5. W. K. Engel (additional)
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@article{Burke_1971, title={Mammalian Motor Units: Physiological-Histochemical Correlation in Three Types in Cat Gastrocnemius}, volume={174}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.174.4010.709}, DOI={10.1126/science.174.4010.709}, number={4010}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Burke, R. E. and Levine, D. N. and Zajac, F. E. and Tsairis, P. and Engel, W. K.}, year={1971}, month=nov, pages={709–712} }