An ultrastructural study of the stretch-induced hypertrophy of skeletal muscle |
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Authors: | M A Khan |
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Abstract: | The teres minor muscle of the adult chicken was studied ultrastructurally following tonic stretch-induced hypertrophy. The contralateral control muscle fibres showed compact myofibrils and proliferation of normal Z-bands. Myofibrils of the hypertrophied muscle however, showed Z-band alterations as Z-band expansions and Z-band streaming. Thus Z-band is a highly responsive structure to tonic stretch. Since a number of neuromuscular conditions display Z-band anomalies, the latter occurring in response to a variety of metabolic and physiologic stimuli, including tonic stretch as shown here, represents a non-specific phenomenon. |
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