Signalling of static and dynamic features of muscle spindle input by cuneate neurones in the cat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 510, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 923-939

  Mackie, P D ^a   Morley, J W ^a   Zhang, H Q ^a   Murray, G M ^a   Rowe, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREARM; HISTOGRAM; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TENDON; VIBRATION; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; SINUSOIDAL VIBRATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATIC STRETCH; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0032143072     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.923bj.x     Document Type: Article

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