Muscle spindles as pain receptors [PDF]
BMJ Neurology Open, 2023 Background Muscle membranes have a sensation of pain, but within the muscle tissue, the origin of pain is unclear. We present a hypothesis that the pain receptors of the muscle tissue are situated principally in the muscle spindles.
Juhani V Partanen +2 more
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Evaluating Sexual Dimorphism of the Muscle Spindles and Intrafusal Muscle Fibers in the Medial Gastrocnemius of Male and Female Rats [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2021 This study sought to investigate the sexual dimorphism of muscle spindles in rat medial gastrocnemius muscle. The muscles were cut transversely into 5–10 and 20 μm thick serial sections and the number, density, and morphometric properties of the muscle ...
Magdalena Gartych +3 more
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The evolution of muscle spindles [PDF]
Experimental PhysiologyMuscle spindles are stretch‐sensitive mechanoreceptors found in the skeletal muscles of most four‐limbed vertebrates. They are unique amongst sensory receptors in the ability to regulate their sensitivity by contraction of the intrafusal muscle fibres on
Robert W. Banks, Uwe Proske
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Muscle spindles of the rat sternomastoid muscle [PDF]
European Journal of Translational Myology, 2018 The sternomastoid (SM) muscle in rodents presents a peculiar distribution of fiber types with a steep gradient from the ventral, superficial, white portion to the dorsal, deep, red region, where muscle spindles are restricted. Cross section of the medial
Walter Giuriati +12 more
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Distribution Heterogeneity of Muscle Spindles Across Skeletal Muscles of Lower Extremities in C57BL/6 Mice [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2022 Muscle spindles, an important proprioceptor scattered in the skeletal muscle, participate in maintaining muscle tension and the fine regulation of random movement.
Wenxi Lian +9 more
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Human muscle spindles are wired to function as controllable signal-processing devices [PDF]
eLife, 2022 Muscle spindles are encapsulated sensory organs found in most of our muscles. Prevalent models of sensorimotor control assume the role of spindles is to reliably encode limb posture and movement.
Michael Dimitriou
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Degeneration of muscle spindles in a murine model of Pompe disease [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Pompe disease is a debilitating medical condition caused by a functional deficiency of lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). In addition to muscle weakness, people living with Pompe disease experience motor coordination deficits including an instable ...
Bridgette Watkins +6 more
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Another Way to Confuse Motor Control: Manual Technique Supposed to Shorten Muscle Spindles Reduces the Muscular Holding Stability in the Sense of Adaptive Force in Male Soccer Players [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2023 Sensorimotor control can be impaired by slacked muscle spindles. This was shown for reflex responses and, recently, also for muscular stability in the sense of Adaptive Force (AF).
Frank N. Bittmann +2 more
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Knee movements cause changes in the firing behaviour of muscle spindles located within the mono‐articular ankle extensor soleus in the rat [PDF]
Experimental PhysiologyWe recently showed that within an intact muscle compartment, changing the length of one muscle affects the firing behaviour of muscle spindles located within a neighbouring muscle.
Huub Maas, Wendy Noort
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models of muscle spindles: From traditional methods to 3D bioprinting strategies [PDF]
Journal of Tissue EngineeringMuscle spindles are key proprioceptive mechanoreceptors composed of intrafusal fibres that regulate kinaesthetic sensations and reflex actions. Traumatic injuries and neuromuscular diseases can severely impair the proprioceptive feedback, yet the ...
Yuannan Kang +2 more
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