Absence of polyneuronal innervation in cat extraocular muscles.

Coordination of the extraocular recti muscles in the cat.

With the use of multiple implanted electrodes in chronic preparations, the electromyograph of the spontaneous activity of the extraocular muscles has been studied in the unanesthetized and unrestrained cat. Simultaneous strain gauge records were also made for monitoring eye movement in acute, restrained preparations with the use of local anesthesia only. It was found that there was a constant o...

Polyneuronal innervation of single muscle fibers in cat eye muscle: inferior oblique.

Single muscle fibers with multiple axonal endplates (multiply innervated fibers) are normally present in adult extraocular muscles (EOMs), while most other mammalian skeletal muscles contain fibers with a single myoneural junction. Recent findings by others led us to investigate for the presence of polyneuronal innervation (innervation of a single muscle fiber by >1 motoneuron) in the inferior ...

Polyneuronal innervation of the fast muscles of the marine teleost Cottus scorpius L.

Neurophysiology of extraocular muscles.

E. lye movements may be divided grossly into "tonic" and "phasic" movements. Are both of these principal types produced by the same motor nerves and muscle fibers, or are separate systems present that are functionally suited to each of the types of movements? Morphological and physiological studies demonstrate that at least two and possibly three neuromuscular systems are present in eye muscles...

Intramuscular innervation of primate extraocular muscles: unique compartmentalization in horizontal recti.

PURPOSE It has been proposed that the lateral rectus (LR), like many skeletal and craniofacial muscles, comprises multiple neuromuscular compartments subserving different physiological functions. To explore the anatomic potential of compartmentalization in all four rectus extraocular muscles (EOMs), evidence was sought of possible regional selectivity in intramuscular innervation of all rectus ...