Electronic Resource
Springer
Anatomy and embryology
172 (1985), S. 177-182
ISSN:
1432-0568
Keywords:
Axon arbor
;
Motor fiber
;
Nerve fiber branching
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The distribution of fiber branching in the proximal intramuscular motor nerves of the gracilis and gastrocnemius muscles of the rat was studied in whole-mount preparations of teased nerves. Branchings of nerve fibers were clustered at fascicular divisions. Such concurrence of fascicular and fiber branchings determines the dispersion of the single muscle fibers belonging to a motor unit. The distribution of fiber branching reveals the wiring pattern of muscle fibers. These patterns differed for the gracilis and gastrocnemtus muscles in correspondence with their functional organization.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00319600
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