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Energy Requirements for Relaxation from Tonic Contractions (‘Catch’) in an Invertebrate Muscle

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THE anterior byssus retractor muscle (ABRM) of the edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, responds to pulses of alternating current with a rapid phasic contraction. Stimulation with direct current or acetyl choline produces a prolonged tonic contraction or ‘catch’1, and a rapid relaxation from this catch follows the addition of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)2.

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MINIHAN, K., DAVIES, R. Energy Requirements for Relaxation from Tonic Contractions (‘Catch’) in an Invertebrate Muscle. Nature 208, 1327–1329 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081327a0

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