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The Role of Innervation in Muscle Development and Function^{1, 2,}

Department of Pathology, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey, England, and Muscle Biology Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706

Abstract

Because of the fundamental nature of the neuromuscular interaction in both rapid physiological and long term metabolic regulation of the myofiber, the nervous system is involved in many aspects of meat production. From protein synthesis to meat quality it would be unwise to overlook the regulatory effects due to the nervous system.

¹ Invitational paper presented at the Symposium on Protein Synthesis and Muscle Growth held during the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 29 to August 1, 1973.

² Supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Muscle Biology Manuscript No. 71.

³ Present address: University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

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