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Using muscle spindles in vitro isolated from cat tail muscle and with a mechanotransducer which was sensitive enough to measure forces less than 1mg, I report here the active force developed v. frequency of fusimotor stimulation, the length-tension relationship, and the relationship between active force and sensory response in isolated spindles.
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Fukami, Y. (1985). Active force and sensory response of single isolated cat muscle spindles. In: Boyd, I.A., Gladden, M.H. (eds) The Muscle Spindle. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07695-6_31
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