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Muscle Receptors, Mammalian

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Sensory Systems: II

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Abstract

Most mammalian muscles abound with sensory receptors that subserve a variety of mechanoreceptive, thermoreceptive, ergoreceptive, and nociceptive functions. However, only two receptor types, the spindle (named for its appearance) and the Golgi tendon organ (named after its discoverer), have transducing properties appropriate for a prominent role in the moment-to-moment control of muscle force and length. Their properties are emphasized here.

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Further reading

Monograph

  • Matthews PBC (1972): Mammalian Muscle Receptors and Their Central Actions. London: Arnold

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Review

  • Hazan Z, Stuart DG (1984): Mammalian muscle receptors. In: Handbook of the Spinal Cord, vols 2 & 3, Davidoff RA, ed. New York: Marcel Dekker

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  • Loeb GE (1984): The control and responses of mammalian muscle spindles during normally executed motor tasks. In: Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews, Vol 12, Terjung RL, ed. Lexington, Massachusetts: Collamore

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Comparative information

  • Barker D (1974): The morphology of muscle receptors. In: Handbook of Sensory Physiology III/2, Muscle Receptors, Hunt CC, ed. Berlin: Springer-Verlag

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  • Proske U (1981): Properties and central actions of tendon organs. In: Neurophysiology, Vol 9, Porter R, ed. London: Butterworths

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  • Proske U, Ridge RMAP (1974): Extrafusai muscle and muscle spindles in reptiles. In: Progress in Neurobiology, Vol 3, Pt 1, Kerkut GA, Phillis JW, eds. Oxford: Pergamon

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  1. Douglas G. Stuart
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Stuart, D.G. (1988). Muscle Receptors, Mammalian. In: Sensory Systems: II. Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience . Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6760-4_23

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6760-4_23

  • Publisher Name: Birkhäuser Boston

  • Print ISBN: 978-0-8176-3396-7

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