Rat muscle spindles contain one nuclear bag2, one nuclear bag1, and two nuclear chain fibers. The three different types of intrafusal fiber in spindles may be a reflection of concomitant changes in proportions of slow primary, slow/fast secondary,…
Crushing the nerve to the medial gastrocnemius muscle in newborn rats and administering nerve growth factor afterwards results in a reinnervated muscle containing supernumerary muscle spindles. The structure and innervation of 88 spindles in the…
