Neural control of postural muscles in Callianassa californiensis and three other species of decapod crustaceans

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology

Volume 40, Issue 1, 1 September 1971, Pages 1-6, IN1-IN8, 7-18

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1. The superficial flexor muscles of Callianassa californiensis are divided into two layers of muscle fibers which differ in contraction speed.
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2. The flexor motor system consists of five excitatory neurons and one inhibitory neuron per half segment.
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3. The two layers of muscle are served by different subsets of the excitatory neurons whose physiological properties are matched to the contractile properties of the muscle fibers they innervate.
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4. Serially homologous neurons in Callianassa differ in size and physiological properties.
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5. Flexor neurons in Upogebia pugettensis and Procambarus clarkii differ from their homologs in Callianassa in physiological properties, in central connections and in peripheral connections.

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