Evolving views on the internal operation and functional role of the muscle spindle.

Somatosensory, proprioceptive, and sympathetic activity in human peripheral nerves

1979 • 1,504 citations

THE CONTRIBUTION OF MUSCLE AFFERENTS TO KESLESTHESIA SHOWN BY VIBRATION INDUCED ILLUSIONSOF MOVEMENT AND BY THE EFFECTS OF PARALYSING JOINT AFFERENTS

1972 • 1,256 citations

Kinesthetic sensibility.

1978 • 796 citations

The sensitivity of muscle spindle afferents to small sinusoidal changes of length

1969 • 708 citations

Muscle Spindles and Their Motor Control

1964 • 548 citations

Supraspinal control of the muscle spindles and its significance

1953 • 406 citations

The effects of stimulation of static and dynamic fusimotor fibres on the response to stretching of the primary endings of muscle spindles

1964 • 335 citations

Quantitative description of linear behavior of mammalian muscle spindles.

1970 • 324 citations

Discharges of single hindlimb afferents in the freely moving cat

1976 • 294 citations

Muscle spindle activity in man during shortening and lengthening contractions.

1978 • 284 citations

Joint sense, muscle sense, and their combination as position sense, measured at the distal interphalangeal joint of the middle finger.

1976 • 268 citations

Activity patterns in individual hindlimb primary and secondary muscle spindle afferents during normal movements in unrestrained cats

1979 • 262 citations

THE DIFFERENTIATION OF TWO TYPES OF FUSIMOTOR FIBRE BY THEIR EFFECTS ON THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF MUSCLE SPINDLE PRIMARY ENDINGS

1962 • 246 citations

A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SENSATIONS OF TENSION AND OF KINÆSTHESIA IN MAN

1977 • 234 citations

Static and dynamic fusimotor action on the response of IA fibres to low frequency sinusoidal stretching of widely ranging amplitude

1977 • 219 citations

Transition in sensitivity of spindle receptors that occurs when muscle is stretched more than a fraction of a millimeter

1975 • 208 citations

On the subdivision of static and dynamic fusimotor actions on the primary ending of the cat muscle spindle.

1977 • 204 citations

Perception of Impossible Limb Positions Induced by Tendon Vibration

1977 • 194 citations

Control of dynamic and static nuclear bag fibres and nuclear chain fibres by gamma and beta axons in isolated cat muscle spindels.

1977 • 192 citations

Small-signal analysis of response of mammalian muscle spindles with fusimotor stimulation and a comparison with large-signal responses

1978 • 184 citations

Effects of combining static and dynamic fusimotor stimulation on the response of the muscle spindle primary ending to sinusoidal stretching.

1977 • 172 citations

Analysis of response properties of deefferented mammalian spindle receptors based on frequency response

1975 • 169 citations

Types of intra‐ and extrafusal muscle fibre innervated by dynamic skeleto‐fusimotor axons in cat peroneus brevis and tenuissimus muscles, as determined by the glycogen‐depletion method.

1977 • 168 citations

Intercostal muscle spindle activity and its γ‐motor control

1963 • 156 citations

Muscle spindle discharge in normal and obstructed movements.

1979 • 153 citations

JOINT POSITION SENSE

1980 • 152 citations

Ia afferent activity during a variety of voluntary movements in the cat

1977 • 148 citations

Proportion of muscles spindles supplied by skeletofusimotor axons (beta-axons) in peroneus brevis muscle of the cat

1975 • 144 citations

Histochemical Identification of Three Types of Intrafusal Muscle Fibers in the Cat and Monkey Based on the Myosin ATPase Reaction

1972 • 144 citations

Discharge of spindle afferents from jaw-closing muscles during chewing in alert monkeys

1975 • 143 citations

Effects of fusimotor stimulation on the response of the secondary ending of the muscle spindle to sinusoidal stretching (cat)

1977 • 128 citations

THE RESPONSE OF FAST AND SLOW NUCLEAR BAG FIBRES AND NUCLEAR CHAIN FIBRES IN ISOLATED CAT MUSCLE SPINDLES TO FUSIMOTOR STIMULATION, AND THE EFFECT OF INTRAFUSAL CONTRACTION ON THE SENSORY ENDINGS

1976 • 115 citations

THE RESPONSES OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ENDINGS OF MUSCLE SPINDLES WITH INTACT MOTOR INNERVATION DURING APPLIED STRETCH

1961 • 114 citations

A study of mammalian intrafusal muscle fibres using a combined histochemical and ultrastructural technique.

1977 • 110 citations

Analysis of activity of muscle spindles of the jaw‐closing muscles during normal movements in the cat.

1975 • 109 citations

Fusimotor activity in masseter nerve of the cat during reflex jaw movements.

1980 • 106 citations

The effects of fusimotor stimulation during small amplitude stretching on the frequency‐response of the primary ending of the mammalian muscle spindle.

1975 • 105 citations

MUSCLE AFFERENTS AND KINAESTHESIA

1977 • 102 citations

Fusimotor actions on sensitivity of spindle secondary endings to slow muscle stretch in cat peroneus tertius

1978 • 99 citations

Cinematographic analysis of contractile events produced in intrafusal muscle fibres by stimulation of static and dynamic fusimotor axons.

1975 • 87 citations

Skeleto‐fusimotor axons in the hind‐limb muscles of the cat.

1975 • 84 citations

[Perceptive and motor effects of muscular vibrations in the normal human: demonstration of a response by opposing muscles].

1980 • 78 citations

Morphological identification and intrafusal distribution of the endings of static fusimotor axons in the cat

1973 • 78 citations

Distribution of fusimotor axons to intrafusal muscle fibres in cat tenuissimus spindles as determined by the glycogen‐depletion method.

1976 • 66 citations

Fast-conducting skeletofusimotor axons supplying intrafusal chain fibers in the cat peroneus tertius muscle

1977 • 60 citations

The Mechanical Properties of Dynamic Nuclear Bag

1976 • 59 citations

An analysis of receptor potential and tension of isolated cat muscle spindles in response to sinusoidal stretch.

1980 • 57 citations

Vertebrate fusimotor neurones and their influences on motor behavior

1978 • 54 citations

Motor control of nuclear bag and nuclear chain intrafusal fibres in isolated living muscle spindles from the cat.

1975 • 53 citations

Identification of intrafusal muscle fibres activated by single fusimotor axons and injected with fluorescent dye in cat tenuissimus spindles.

1978 • 48 citations

Studies on the site of termination of static and dynamic fusimotor fibres within muscle spindles of the tenuissimus muscle of the cat

1973 • 44 citations

Histological analysis of cat muscle spindles following direct observation of the effects of stimulating dynamic and static motor axons.

1978 • 43 citations

“Fast” and “slow” skeleto-fusimotor innervation in cat tenuissimus spindles; a study with the glycogen-depletion method

1978 • 42 citations

Some effects of fast and slow motor fibres on muscle spindles of the frog

1965 • 42 citations

THE INCIDENCE AND PROPERTIES OF β AXONS TO MUSCLE SPINDLES IN THE CAT HIND LIMB

1975 • 39 citations

Sensations of finger movement elicited by pulling upon flexor tendons in man.

1974 • 38 citations

Lack of exclusively fusimotor -axons in flexor and extensor leg muscles of the cat.

1972 • 34 citations

The responses of primary spindle afferents to fusimotor stimulation at constant and abruptly changing rates.

1979 • 32 citations

The response of muscle spindle afferents during voluntary tracking movements in man. Load dependent servo assistance?

1979 • 26 citations

An investigation into the site of termination of static gamma fibres within muscle spindles of the cat peroneus longus muscle.

1975 • 23 citations

THE DIVISION OF CONTROL OF MUSCLE SPINDLES BETWEEN FUSIMOTOR AND MIXED SKELETOFUSIMOTOR FIBRES IN A RAT CAUDAL MUSCLE

1974 • 20 citations

The activity of intrafusal muscle fibres during cortical stimulation in the cat [proceedings].

1977 • 16 citations

Glycogen depletion of bag1 fibers elicited by stimulation of static gamma axons in cat peroneus brevis muscle spindles.

1980 • 13 citations

The contribution of intrafusal creep to the dynamic component of the Ia afferent discharge of isolated muscle spindles [proceedings].

1977 • 5 citations

Real and apparent gamma axon contraction sites in intrafusal fibres [proceedings].

1977 • 5 citations