Vibration sensitivity of cat muscle spindles at short muscle lengths

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 166-172

  Proske, U ^a   Gregory, J E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capsule; Connective tissue; Muscle spindle; Resting discharge; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX, STRETCH; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033047579     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050611     Document Type: Article

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