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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2016

Functional Segregation within the Muscles of Aquatic Propulsion in the Asiatic Water Monitor (Varanus salvator).

Bruce A Young, Jessica Dumais, Nicholas John, Brandon Lyons, Andrew Macduff, Matthew Most, Nathan A Reiser, Peter J Reiser

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bruce A YoungDepartment of Anatomy, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville, MO, USA.
Jessica DumaisDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA, USA.
Nicholas JohnDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA, USA.
Brandon LyonsDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA, USA.
Andrew MacduffDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA, USA.
Matthew MostDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA, USA.
Nathan A ReiserDepartment of Biosciences, College of Dentistry, Ohio State University Columbus, OH, USA.
Peter J ReiserDepartment of Biosciences, College of Dentistry, Ohio State University Columbus, OH, USA.
University of Massachusetts Lowell · USThe Ohio State University · USA.T. Still University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator) swim using sinusoidal oscillations generated at the base of their long (50% of total body length) tail. In an effort to determine which level of the structural/organizational hierarchy of muscle is associated with functional segregation between the muscles of the tail base, an array of muscle features-myosin heavy chain profiles, enzymatic fiber types, twitch and tetanic force production, rates of fatigue, muscle compliance, and electrical activity patterns-were quantitated. The two examined axial muscles, longissimus, and iliocaudalis, were generally similar at the molecular, biochemical, and physiological levels, but differed at the biomechanics level and in their activation pattern. The appendicular muscle examined, caudofemoralis, differed from the axial muscles particularly at the molecular and physiological levels, and it exhibited a unique compliance profile and pattern of electrical activation. There were some apparent contradictions between the different structural/organizational levels examined. These contradictions, coupled with a unique myosin heavy chain profile, lead to the hypothesis that there are previously un-described molecular/biochemical specializations within varanid skeletal muscles.

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appendicular musclesaxial muscleselectromyographymuscle histochemistrymyosin heavy chainwhole muscle physiologywork loops

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