Responses of cat muscle spindle afferents after short periods of denervation and reinnervation.
The functional recovery of cat muscle spindles has been examined following short periods of denervation and reinnervation. The restoration of function was more rapid than after longer periods of denervation though the firing rates showed a similar reduction except after the shortest recovery periods when a number of highly dynamic afferents were recorded.
Scott
J J
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Department of Physiology, University of Leicester, U.K.
D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D009470:Muscle Spindles / Q000502:physiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors