Recovery from the tension deficit produced by a release at a slow velocity
(1979) 8th European Conf Muscle Motili — Location: Heidelberg (17.September.1979)
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Maréchal, Georges 
- Abstract
- The normalized tension deficit of frog sartorius muscles tetanized isometrically released at a constant velocity (2.56 cm/s) does not change when the interruption of the stimulation is made immediately after the release, in spite of the fact that the half-relaxation occurred then about 0.24 as earlier: the tension deficit disappears during the relaxation, that is, when the forces which stabilize the distorted shape of the stress-inhibited actin molecules are removed. These facts support the hypothesis of Maréchal and Plaghki (J. gen. Physiol.73, 453-467, 1979) that stress inhibits the cross-bridges formed by that part of the filaments which enters the overlap region during the shortening.
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Plaghki, L., & Maréchal, G. (1979). Recovery from the tension deficit produced by a release at a slow velocity. Proceedings 8th European Conf Muscle Motility, p. 90 III. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/230075