The neuromuscular basis of swimming movements in embryos of the amphibian Xenopus laevis.
The neuromuscular basis of swimming movements in embryos of the amphibian Xenopus laevis.
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两栖动物非洲爪蟾胚胎游泳运动的神经肌肉基础。
DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9258(18)46955-4
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发表时间:
1982
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S. Kashin
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作者:
J. A. Kahn;A. Roberts;S. Kashin
When removed from their egg membranes, Xenopus embryos can swim. High-speed cinematography shows that, in swimming, lateral undulations pass rostro-caudally down the body. The swimming rhythm period is 40-100 ms. In swimming, electrical activity in myotomal muscles alternates on opposite sides of a segment and sweeps rostro-caudally in ipsilateral myotomes. Myotome muscle physiology was examined. Muscle fibres are electrically coupled to each other, and the fibres are able to spike. The possible role of a myotomal conduction pathway in swimming is discussed.