Longitudinal structure and innervation of two mammalian hindlimb muscles Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractThe possibility of a topographic relationship between the spinal cord and the longitudinal axis of a muscle has been explored in two mammalian hamstring muscles: the rat semitendinosus (ST) and biceps femoris (BF). In both muscles the fibers did not extend the full length of the respective muscles but were arranged in longitudinal arrays. There were two such arrays in BF and three in ST; monopolar recordings revealed that each array had a transverse band of endplates extending across the middle part. By stimulating ventral nerve roots in the lumbosacral outflow, it was found that L5 made the greatest contribution to the innervation of both ST or BF was there any evidence of a topographic relationship between the spinal cord and the muscle belly.

authors

• Manzano, Gilberto
• McComas, Alan John

status

• published 

publication date

• November 1988

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• Animals (MeSH)
• Electric Stimulation (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Hindlimb (MeSH)
• Muscle Contraction (MeSH)
• Muscles (MeSH)
• Neural Pathways (MeSH)
• Neurology & Neurosurgery (Science Metrix)
• Rats (MeSH)
• Rats, Inbred Strains (MeSH)
• Thigh (MeSH)

published in

• Muscle and Nerve  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Electric Stimulation
• Female
• Hindlimb
• Muscle Contraction
• Muscles
• Neural Pathways
• Rats
• Rats, Inbred Strains
• Thigh

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/mus.880111103

PubMed ID

• 3226427

start page

• 1115

end page

• 1122

volume

• 11

issue

• 11