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The Muscle Spindle

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. I. A. Boyd

    1. Institute of Physiology, The University, UK

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  2. M. H. Gladden

    1. Institute of Physiology, The University, UK

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Table of contents (57 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Morphology of mammalian muscle spindles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-22
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    2. Morphological aspects of the muscle spindle capsule and its functional significance

      • W. K. Ovalle, P. R. Dow
      Pages 23-28

    3. Immunohistochemical identification of spindle fibre types in mammalian muscle using type-specific antibodies to isoforms of myosin

      • A. Rowlerson, L. Gorza, S. Schiaffino
      Pages 29-34

    4. Variation of the T-system in different types of intrafusal muscle fibre of cat spindles

      • M. N. Adal
      Pages 35-38

    5. Fusimotor innervation in the rat: Evidence for taxonomic differences in the organization of spindles

      • Jon M. Walro, Jan Kucera
      Pages 39-43

    6. Selective and nonselective motor innervation of intrafusal muscle fibres in the cat

      • Jan Kucera
      Pages 45-49

    7. Two ultrastructural types of fusimotor ending on typical chain fibres in cat muscle spindles

      • F. I. Sutherland, E. R. Arbuthnott, I. A. Boyd, M. H. Gladden
      Pages 51-56

    8. Axon terminal indentation and postsynaptic folding as criteria for classifying fusimotor nerve endings

      • E. R. Arbuthnott, F. I. Sutherland, I. A. Boyd, M. H. Gladden
      Pages 57-62

    9. Structure and classification of cat intrafusal motor endings

      • Jan Kucera, Jon M. Walro
      Pages 63-68

    10. On the classification of motor endings in mammalian muscle spindles

      • R. W. Banks, D. Barker, M. J. Stacey
      Pages 69-74

    11. Gaps in spindle physiology: Why the tandem spindle?

      • F. J. R. Richmond, M. J. Stacey, G. J. Bakker, D. A. Bakker
      Pages 75-81

    12. Distribution and 3-D reconstruction of muscle spindles in mouse skeletal muscles

      • H. R. Stephens
      Pages 83-88

    13. Distribution of muscle spindles in primate skeletal muscles

      • V. Subramani, V. Sahgal, S. Sahgal, H. Kochar
      Pages 89-93

    14. Heterogeneous intrafusal fibre composition of the human masseter muscle: Morphological and enzyme-histochemical characteristics

      • Per-Olof Eriksson, Lars-Eric Thornell
      Pages 95-100

    15. Ultrastructural features of baboon muscle spindles

      • A. Greer
      Pages 101-106

    16. Morphology and morphometry of human muscle spindles

      • V. Sahgal, V. Subramani, S. Sahgal, H. Kochar
      Pages 107-114

    17. Movement convergence and motor end plate location in a human muscle spindle

      • M. H. Gladden, W. Wallace, M. L. Craigen
      Pages 115-120

    18. Adrenergic innervation of baboon and human muscle spindles

      • Michael Swash, Kathleen P. Fox
      Pages 121-126

  3. Internal working of muscle spindles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-150
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Physiology, The University, UK

    I. A. Boyd, M. H. Gladden

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Muscle Spindle

  • Editors: I. A. Boyd, M. H. Gladden

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07695-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: I. A. Boyd and M. H. Gladden 1985

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-07695-6Published: 18 June 1985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 415

  • Number of Illustrations: 73 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Zoology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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