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FROM electronmicroscopic observations, Katz1 has pointed out the existence of junctions between the afferent nerve terminal bulbs and the intrafusal muscle fibres in frog muscle spindle. It was suggested that the junction might play an important part in the transducing function of the receptor. Here we give physiological evidence for such a role in the simple-type spindle receptors.
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ITO, F., KANAMORI, N. & KURODA, H. Electrical coupling between afferent nerve terminal and intrafusal muscle fibre in the frog muscle spindle. Nature 249, 69–71 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249069a0
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