Distribution of muscle spindles in a simply structured muscle: Integrated total sensory representation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-172

  Eldred, Earl ^a,b   Yung, Lily ^b   Eldred, Daniel ^c   Roy, Roland R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsularis muscle; Distribution of muscle spindles; Integrated representation of spindle sensitivity; Motor unit interaction with spindle representation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES; FELIS CATUS; MUS;

EID: 0031834625     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199806)251:2<161::AID-AR3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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