Mechanotransduction in the muscle spindle

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 467, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 175-190

  Bewick, Guy S ^a   Banks, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEG ENaC; Mechanosensation; Mechanotransduction; Muscle spindle; PLD mGluR; Synaptic like vesicle

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; REFLEX, STRETCH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84929955666     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1536-9     Document Type: Review

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