Alterations in information transmission in ensembles of primary muscle spindle afferents after muscle fatigue in heteronymous muscle

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作者
Pedersen, J
Ljubisavljevic, M
Bergenheim, M
Johansson, H
机构
[1] Natl Inst Working Life, Dept Musculoskeletal Res, S-90713 Umea, Sweden
[2] Umea Univ, Dept Orthopaed Surg, S-90187 Umea, Sweden
[3] Inst Med Res, YU-11001 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
关键词
ensemble coding; muscle fatigue; stimulus discrimination; simultaneous recording; fusimotor neuron; afferent;
D O I
10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00403-X
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
This study showed that fatigue of the ipsilateral medial gastrocnemius muscle caused a clear-cut reduction in the ability of ensembles of primary muscle spindle afferents from the lateral gastrocnemius muscle to discriminate between muscle stretches of varying amplitude. The results were probably caused by reflex-mediated effects from chemosensitive group III and TV afferents onto the gamma-motoneurons projecting to lateral gastrocnemius muscle spindles. The experiments were conducted on seven cats anaesthetized with alpha-chloralose and a total of 41 primary muscle spindle afferents from the lateral gastrocnemius were registered. Afferents were simultaneously recorded in ensembles of three to 10 afferents. A method based on principal component analysis and algorithms far quantification of stimulus discrimination in ensembles of muscle afferents was used prior to, immediately following and five or more minutes after muscle fatigue had been induced to the ipsilateral medial gastrocnemius muscle. It is well established that the primary muscle spindle afferents play an important role in proprioception and kinaesthesia. Therefore the decrease in the accuracy of the information transmitted by ensembles of primary muscle spindle afferents caused by fatigue in an ipsilateral muscle implies concomitant effects on proprioception and kinaesthesia. (C) 1998 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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