PLOS Biology<p>Are action potentials in vertebrate muscle essential for contraction? This study of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/zebrafish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zebrafish</span></a> lacking <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SodiumChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SodiumChannel</span></a> NaV1.4 reveals that NaVs are dispensable for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/muscle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muscle</span></a> contraction, so the need for muscle <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ActionPotentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActionPotentials</span></a> can vary between vertebrates <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PLOSBiology</span></a></span> <a href="https://plos.io/42EXQwx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/42EXQwx</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>