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Fusimotor Outflow to Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle During Isotonic Contraction of its Close Synergists in Decerebrate Cats

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It has been shown that fusimotor discharge increases during muscle fatigue due to isometric contractions (Ljubisavljevic, Jovanovic & Anastasijevic, 1992). The present report deals with experiments aimed at showing whether an increase in fiisimotor discharge rate would occur also with isotonic contractions are they as common in everyday motor activity and seldom studied in experimental animals.

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  1. Institute for Medical Research, Dr Subotica 4, Beograd, Yugoslavia

    M. Ljubisavljevic & R. Anastasijevic

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  1. Sherrington School of Physiology, UMDS, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, England

    Anthony Taylor  & Rade Durbaba  & 

  2. Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

    Margaret H. Gladden

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Ljubisavljevic, M., Anastasijevic, R. (1995). Fusimotor Outflow to Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle During Isotonic Contraction of its Close Synergists in Decerebrate Cats. In: Taylor, A., Gladden, M.H., Durbaba, R. (eds) Alpha and Gamma Motor Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1935-5_34

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