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Physiological identification of static β axons in primate muscle

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Skeletofusimotor (β) axons exerting a static action on spindle primary endings were identified in the peroneus brevis and tertius muscles of the cynomolgus monkey.

In most of the identified static β motor units, the extrafusal portion was of the fast-contracting fatiguable type.

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School, 77030, Houston, TX, USA

    K. S. K. Murthy

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Supported by NINCDS grant n∘ 1 R01-NS-14702

Dr. Murthy died on June 4, 1982

The present paper was edited by L. Jami, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, Collège de France, F-75231 Paris Cédex 05, France

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Murthy, K.S.K. Physiological identification of static β axons in primate muscle. Exp Brain Res 52, 6–8 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00237142

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