The quest for speed: muscles built for high-frequency contractions

Lawrence C. Rome; Stan L. Lindstedt

doi:10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.6.261

The quest for speed: muscles built for high-frequency contractions

Lawrence C. Rome, Stan L. Lindstedt

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Abstract

Vertebrate sound-producing muscles can contract at frequencies greater than 100 Hz, a feat impossible in locomotory muscles. This is not accomplished by unique proteins or structures but by qualitative shifts in isoforms and quantitative reapportionment of structures. Speed comes with costs and trade-offs, however, that restrict how a muscle can be used.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	261-268
Number of pages	8
Journal	News in Physiological Sciences
Volume	13
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.6.261
State	Published - Dec 1998

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