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. 1964 Sep 4;145(3636):1071-3.

EFFECTS OF CUTANEOUS AND MUSCLE SENSORY NERVE VOLLEYS IN AWAKE CATS: A STUDY IN PERCEPTION

J E SWETT, C M BOURASSA, S INOUE
  • PMID: 14172628
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EFFECTS OF CUTANEOUS AND MUSCLE SENSORY NERVE VOLLEYS IN AWAKE CATS: A STUDY IN PERCEPTION

J E SWETT et al. Science. .
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Abstract

The hypothesis that discharges from afferent nerves from muscle stretch receptors do not participate in kinesthesis has been substantiated by test of discrimination thresholds. In awake, unrestrained cats, nerve stimulation activating group I and most group II sensory fibers (from muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs) in pure muscular nerves failed to evoke sensory discrimination. Cutaneous nerve stimulation in the same animals produced sensory discrimination even below intensities required to elicit detectable nerve thresholds.

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