ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2019
From synaptic input to muscle contraction: arm muscle cells of Octopus vulgaris show unique neuromuscular junction and excitation-contraction coupling properties.
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- Single unit electrophysiology recordings and computational modeling can predict octopus arm movement.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Toward an Understanding of Octopus Arm Motor Control.Integrative and comparative biology · 2023Review
- One size does not fit all: diversity of length-force properties of obliquely striated muscles.The Journal of experimental biology · 2023Article
- Intracellular CaFrontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- The mechanical properties of the mantle muscle of European cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis).The Journal of experimental biology · 2022Article
- A pilot investigation of the efficacy and safety of magnesium chloride and ethanol as anesthetics inFrontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Lessons for Robotics From the Control Architecture of the Octopus.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2022Article
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Abstract
The muscular-hydrostat configuration of octopus arms allows high manoeuvrability together with the efficient motor performance necessary for its multitasking abilities. To control this flexible and hyper-redundant system the octopus has evolved unique strategies at the various levels of its brain-to-body organization. We focus here on the arm neuromuscular junction (NMJ) and excitation-contraction (E-C) properties of the arm muscle cells. We show that muscle cells are cholinergically innervated at single eye-shaped locations where acetylcholine receptors (AChR) are concentrated, resembling the vertebrate neuromuscular endplates. Na
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