Quantitative studies on the distribution of myofilaments in intrafusal muscle fibres |
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Authors: | R W Banks N T James |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Human Biology and Anatomy, The University, Sheffield, Great Britain |
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Abstract: | Summary Muscle spindles contain two types of intrafusal muscle fibre, nuclear bag fibres and nuclear chain fibres. The intrafusal fibres of rabbit and guinea pig spindles have been studied using quantitative stereological techniques at the ultrastructural level. The crosssectional areas occupied by myofilaments have been measured in the polar and equatorial regions of both types of intrafusal fibre. There are considerably fewer myofilaments in the equatorial regions of both types of fibre compared with their polar regions.This work was carried out with the aid of grants from the Medical Research Council and the Science Research Council of Great Britain. |
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Keywords: | Muscle spindle Intrafusal fibres Myofilaments Electron microscopy Quantitative stereology |
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