CONTROL OF DYNAMIC AND STATIC NUCLEAR BAG FIBERS AND NUCLEAR CHAIN FIBERS BY GAMMA-AXONS AND BETA-AXONS IN ISOLATED CAT MUSCLE-SPINDLES
CONTROL OF DYNAMIC AND STATIC NUCLEAR BAG FIBERS AND NUCLEAR CHAIN FIBERS BY GAMMA-AXONS AND BETA-AXONS IN ISOLATED CAT MUSCLE-SPINDLES
复制标题
DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1977.sp011709
复制
发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
WARD, J
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
BOYD, IA;GLADDEN, MH;WARD, J
The behavior of nuclear bag and nuclear chain intrafusal fibers in isolated cat muscle spindles with a blood supply, during stimulation of dynamic .gamma. axons, dynamic .beta. axons or static .gamma. axons in ventral root filaments was observed and recorded on still and moving film. Most spindles were controlled by 1 dynamic .gamma. axon (sometimes a .beta. axon) and 3 static .gamma. axons, 1 of which was often non-selective in distribution. A large majority of fusimotor axons controlled 1 pole of the spindle only. Dynamic .gamma. and .beta. axons produced focal contraction in only 1 of the 2 nuclear bag fibers in any spindle and this fiber was never activated by static .gamma. axons. Maximal tetanic contraction was attained slowly and the primary sensory spiral on this fiber was stretched by a small amount only. This fiber was named the dynamic nuclear bag fiber. Static .gamma. axons produced either: focal contraction in the 2nd of the 2 nuclear bag fibers only; local contraction in the bundle of nuclear chain fibers only; or contraction in 1 nuclear bag fiber and the nuclear chain fibers together. Maximum tetanic contraction of this nuclear bag fiber stretched its primary sensory spiral considerably and the time to plateau was relatively short. This fiber was named the static nuclear bag fiber. Driving of the Ia afferent discharge was produced by non-selective static .gamma. axons, frequently by static .gamma. axons controlling nuclear chain fibers alone and was probably due to mechanical oscillation in nuclear chain fibers. It was never produced by dynamic .gamma. axons and on 1 occasion only by a static .gamma. axon controlling a nuclear bag fiber alone. The conduction velocities of dynamic .gamma. and static .gamma. axons overlapped extensively, though dynamic .gamma. axons were absent from the lower end, and static .gamma. axons innervating nuclear chain fibers only were absent from the upper end, of the range of velocities. The observations were correlated with spindle structure and histochemistry. Dynamic and static nuclear bag fibers corresponded with bag1 fibers and bag2 fibers, respectively. The possible origin of the dynamic and static actions of fusimotor axons and the role of the dynamic and static intrafusal systems in motor control are discussed.