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Shingle-back lizards crush snail shells using temporal summation (tetanus) to increase the force of the adductor muscles
dc.contributor.authorGans, Carlen_US
dc.contributor.authorVree, Fritz deen_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-08T20:43:42Z
dc.date.available2006-09-08T20:43:42Z
dc.date.issued1986-04en_US
dc.identifier.citationGans, C.; Vree, F.; (1986). "Shingle-back lizards crush snail shells using temporal summation (tetanus) to increase the force of the adductor muscles." Experientia 42(4): 387-389. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/42792>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0014-4754en_US
dc.identifier.issn1420-9071en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/42792
dc.description.abstractDuring the crushing of hard objects, the adductor muscles of Trachydosaurus are activated in an unfused tetanus with the tetanic pulses of the several motor units occurring in synchrony.en_US
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherBirkhäuser-Verlag; Birkhäuser Verlag ; Springer Science+Business Mediaen_US
dc.subject.otherLife Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherLife Sciences, Generalen_US
dc.subject.otherBiomedicine Generalen_US
dc.subject.otherBiochemistry, Generalen_US
dc.subject.otherCell Biologyen_US
dc.subject.otherMuscleen_US
dc.subject.otherTetanusen_US
dc.subject.otherMasticationen_US
dc.subject.otherElectromyographyen_US
dc.subject.otherLizarden_US
dc.titleShingle-back lizards crush snail shells using temporal summation (tetanus) to increase the force of the adductor musclesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelScience (General)en_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDivision of Biological Sciences, The University of Michigan, 2127 Natural Sciences Building, 48 109-1048, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Department of Biology, The University of Antwerp (UIA), 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, (Belgium)en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDivision of Biological Sciences, The University of Michigan, 2127 Natural Sciences Building, 48 109-1048, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Department of Biology, The University of Antwerp (UIA), 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, (Belgium)en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/42792/1/18_2005_Article_BF02118620.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02118620en_US
dc.identifier.sourceExperientiaen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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