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. 2017 Jan 25;12(1):e0170751. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170751

Fig 2. Quantitative analysis of proprioceptive receptors within the mouse soleus muscle.

Fig 2

(A) Schematic representation of the extramuscular bifurcation of the soleus nerve into a proximal thin branch and a distal thick branch and the typical distribution of MS and GTOs within the muscle. (B) A survey of 27 muscles from PV-Cre; R26-tdT mice and Adv-Cre; R26-tdT mice (P3 to P7 and P19 to P20, respectively) found the soleus muscle to contain 11.3 ± 0.4 MS and 5.2 ± 0.2 GTOs (mean ± SEM). (C) Alone, the thin proprioceptive branch of the soleus nerve was found to contain 1.6 ± 0.2 MS and 2.6 ± 0.2 GTOs. (D) Proprioceptive receptor class populations within the mouse soleus varied independently (Spearman correlation rs(25) = -0.1).