Mechanical sensitivity of muscle afferents in a nerve treated with colchicine

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 391-398

  Proske, U ^a   Luff, A R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axoplasm; Cat; Colchicine; Mechanoreceptor; Muscle spindle

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LAMINECTOMY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; COLCHICINE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0031932974     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050354     Document Type: Article

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