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Several investigations will be described which show that in cat spindles static axons frequently supply both nuclear bag and nuclear chain intrafusal muscle fibres: (1) histological study of the intrafusal distribution of static axons in teased silver stained spindles in which the motor innervation was reduced to a single axon after degeneration of all the other motor axons; (2) identification of intrafusal muscle fibres by intracellular injection of Procion Yellow or by depletion of their glycogen content; (3) cinematography of the contraction of intrafusal muscle fibres elicited by single static axons.
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Laporte, Y., Emonet-Dénand, F. (1973). Evidence for Common Innervation of Bag and Chain Muscle Fibres in Cat Spindles. In: Stein, R.B., Pearson, K.G., Smith, R.S., Redford, J.B. (eds) Control of Posture and Locomotion. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4547-3_9
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