Skip to main content
PMC home page
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry logoLink to Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
. 1968 Dec;31(6):565–573. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.31.6.565

Recruitment order of motor units on voluntary contraction: changes induced by proprioceptive afferent activity.

L Grimby, J Hannerz
PMCID: PMC496424  PMID: 5709842

Full text

PDF
568

Images in this article

566Image
on p.566
566Image
on p.566
567Image
on p.567
568Image
on p.568
568Image
on p.568
570Image
on p.570

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Ashworth B., Grimby L., Kugelberg E. Comparison of voluntary and reflex activation of motor units. Functional organization of motor neurones. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1967 Apr;30(2):91–98. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.30.2.91. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. BASMAJIAN J. V. Control and training of individual motor units. Science. 1963 Aug 2;141(3579):440–441. doi: 10.1126/science.141.3579.440. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. BLOM S., HAGBARTH K. E., SKOGLUND S. POST-TETANIC POTENTIATION OF H-REFLEXES IN HUMAN INFANTS. Exp Neurol. 1964 Mar;9:198–211. doi: 10.1016/0014-4886(64)90017-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. De Gail P., Lance J. W., Neilson P. D. Differential effects on tonic and phasic reflex mechanisms produced by vibration of muscles in man. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1966 Feb;29(1):1–11. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.29.1.1. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. ECCLES J. C., ECCLES R. M., LUNDBERG A. The convergence of monosynaptic excitatory afferents on to many different species of alpha motoneurones. J Physiol. 1957 Jun 18;137(1):22–50. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1957.sp005794. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Edström L., Kugelberg E. Histochemical composition, distribution of fibres and fatiguability of single motor units. Anterior tibial muscle of the rat. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1968 Oct;31(5):424–433. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.31.5.424. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. GASSEL M. M., DIAMANTOPOULOS E. THE EFFECT OF PROCAINE NERVE BLOCK ON NEUROMUSCULAR REFLEX REGULATION IN MAN. AN APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF THE FUSIMOTOR SYSTEM. Brain. 1964 Dec;87:729–742. doi: 10.1093/brain/87.4.729. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. GRANIT R., HENATSCH H. D. Gamma control of dynamic properties of muscle spindles. J Neurophysiol. 1956 Jul;19(4):356–366. doi: 10.1152/jn.1956.19.4.356. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. GRANIT R., HENATSCH H. D., STEG G. Tonic and phasic ventral horn cells differentiated by post-tetanic potentiation in cat extensors. Acta Physiol Scand. 1956 Sep 26;37(2-3):114–126. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1956.tb01347.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. GRANIT R. Reflex rebound by post-tetanic potentiation; temporal summation-spasticity. J Physiol. 1956 Jan 27;131(1):32–51. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1956.sp005442. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. HAGBARTH K. E. Post-tetanic potentiation of myotatic reflexes in man. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1962 Feb;25:1–10. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.25.1.1. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. HARRISON V. F., MORTENSEN O. A. Identification and voluntary control of single motor unit activity in the tibialis anterior muscle. Anat Rec. 1962 Oct;144:109–116. doi: 10.1002/ar.1091440205. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. HENNEMAN E., SOMJEN G., CARPENTER D. O. FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CELL SIZE IN SPINAL MOTONEURONS. J Neurophysiol. 1965 May;28:560–580. doi: 10.1152/jn.1965.28.3.560. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. HUFSCHMIDT H. J. [The structure of motor regulation]. Schweiz Arch Neurol Neurochir Psychiatr. 1961;87:260–280. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. HUNT C. C., KUFFLER S. W. Further study of efferent small-nerve fibers to mammalian muscle spindles; multiple spindle innervation and activity during contraction. J Physiol. 1951 Apr;113(2-3):283–297. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1951.sp004572. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. HUNT C. C., KUFFLER S. W. Stretch receptor discharges during muscle contraction. J Physiol. 1951 Apr;113(2-3):298–315. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1951.sp004573. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Henneman E., Somjen G., Carpenter D. O. Excitability and inhibitability of motoneurons of different sizes. J Neurophysiol. 1965 May;28(3):599–620. doi: 10.1152/jn.1965.28.3.599. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. KUFFLER S. W., HUNT C. C., QUILLIAM J. P. Function of medullated small-nerve fibers in mammalian ventral roots; efferent muscle spindle innervation. J Neurophysiol. 1951 Jan;14(1):29–54. doi: 10.1152/jn.1951.14.1.29. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. LLOYD D. P. C. Post-tetanic potentiation of response in monosynaptic reflex pathways of the spinal cord. J Gen Physiol. 1949 Nov;33(2):147–170. doi: 10.1085/jgp.33.2.147. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. MATTHEWS P. B., RUSHWORTH G. The selective effect of proCaine on the stretch reflex and tendon jerk of soleus muscle when applied to its nerve. J Physiol. 1957 Feb 15;135(2):245–262. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1957.sp005707. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  21. Somjen G., Carpenter D. O., Henneman E. Responses of motoneurons of different sizes to graded stimulation of supraspinal centers of the brain. J Neurophysiol. 1965 Sep;28(5):958–965. doi: 10.1152/jn.1965.28.5.958. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES