The rate of contraction of some striated muscles in Perodicticus potto.

Goffart, M.;Maréchal, Georges
(1974) Archives Internationales de Physiologie et de Biochimie — Vol. 82, n° 5, p. 930-931 (1974)

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  • Goffart, M.
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  • Maréchal, Georgesorcid-logoUCLouvain
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Abstract
Pottos are slow-movers prosimians whose muscles are uniformly dark red. Twitch time-to-peak and rate constant of the force-velocity curves of various muscles are slower than the corresponding muscles of rat or guinea-pig, and similar to cat or rat soleus muscle.

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Goffart, M., & Maréchal, G. (1974). The rate of contraction of some striated muscles in Perodicticus potto. Archives Internationales de Physiologie et de Biochimie, 82(5), 930-931. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/214620 (Original work published 1974)