A comparative analysis of the encapsulated end-organs of mammalian skeletal muscles and of their sensory nerve endings

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 859-887

  Banks, Robert W ^a   Hulliger, M ^b   Saed, H H ^a,c   Stacey, M J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AL QADISIYAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Motor control; Muscle afferents; Muscles pindle; Skeletal muscle; Tendon organ

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TENDON RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; CATS; FOOT; GUINEA PIGS; HINDLIMB; MAMMALS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RABBITS; RATS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAVIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 66449103829     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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