Modulation of human muscle spindle discharge by arterial pulsations--functional effects and consequences.

Arterial pulsations are known to modulate muscle spindle firing; however, the physiological significance of such synchronised modulation has not been investigated. Unitary recordings were made from 75 human muscle spindle afferents innervating the pretibial muscles. The modulation of muscle spindle...

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Main Authors: Ingvars Birznieks, Tjeerd W Boonstra, Vaughan G Macefield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22529975/pdf/?tool=EBI