Abstract
The muscle spindle receptors are activated if their aequatorial region is stretched above the threshold value The response of the receptor potential of muscle spindle afferents in deefferented muscles probably depends on the muscle length according to a second order linear differential equation. The non-linear components observed in the responses of afferent fibres (impulse patterns) might be caused by three factors:
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A possible non-linear transmission along the chain: stimulus apparatus—extrafusal muscle — muscle spindle.
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Non-linear mechanical properties of the muscle spindle.
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Non-linear components of the encoder process, i.e. a non-linear transformation of the slow receptor potential of the receptive fiber endings into the sequence of impulses conducted along the axon
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Grüsser, OJ., Hohne-Zahn, H., Jahn, S.A., Pellnitz, K. (1973). The Encoding of the Receptor Potential into Impulse Patterns of Muscle Spindle Afferents of Cats. In: Gydikov, A.A., Tankov, N.T., Kosarov, D.S. (eds) Motor Control. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4502-2_2
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