Summary
The changes which occur in the ultrastructure of the mesothoracic retractor unguis muscle of the cockroach Periplaneta americana as a result of disuse are described. Breakdown of myofibrils, sarcoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria are all marked, this degeneration only being apparent 9 weeks after the operation.
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Anderson, M. Ultrastructural evidence for disuse atrophy in insect skeletal muscle. Cell Tissue Res. 203, 503–506 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233279
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