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Muscle Spindles

Known as: Spindle, Muscle, Receptors, Muscle Stretch, Stretch Receptors, Muscle 
The Muscle Spindle is composed of intrafusal fibers that are located within and run parallel to the extrafusal fibers of skeletal muscle. When the… 
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The study was designed to determine whether low-threshold cutaneous and muscle afferents from the foot reflexly activate gamma… 
1983
1983
Muscle biopsies were obtained from the erector spinae to investigate ultrastructural changes in nerve fibers and muscle spindles… 
1981
1981
Some current questions regarding muscle afferent receptors are discussed. These include the significance of variable distribution… 
1981
1981
As compared with other techniques used in the study of muscle stretch receptors and their role in motor control, microelectrode… 
1972
1972
The morphogenesis of muscle spindles in rat lower hindlimb muscles has been investigated using the electron microscope. The… 
1969
1969
The response of isolated cat muscle spindles to passive stretch By I. A. BOYD and J. WARD. Institute of Physiology, University of… 
1965
1965
In cats under light Nembutal/urethane anesthesia, electrical stimulation within a restricted area in the mesencephalon caused a… 
1963
1963
Spinal shock was defined by Franz 1 as the "state of depression of spinal reflexes (hyporeflexia), generally transient in… 
1961
1961
The hind limbs of ten cats were bilaterally immobilized by external fixation without altering skeletal muscle innervation… 
1961
1961
In studies on the action of various drugs on the isolated frog's muscle spindle it was found that ACh in concentrations below 1…