ReviewJournal of anatomy2015
Fibre typing of intrafusal fibres.
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- The making of a proprioceptor: a tale of two identities.Trends in neurosciences · 2023Review
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- Distribution Heterogeneity of Muscle Spindles Across Skeletal Muscles of Lower Extremities in C57BL/6 Mice.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2022Article
- Diversity of Mammalian Motoneurons and Motor Units.Advances in neurobiology · 2022Article
- Control of Mammalian Locomotion by Somatosensory Feedback.Comprehensive Physiology · 2021Article
- Regulating muscle spindle and Golgi tendon organ proprioceptor phenotypes.Current opinion in physiology · 2021Article
- Neuregulin 1 Drives Morphological and Phenotypical Changes in C2C12 Myotubes: TowardsFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
- Diverse and complex muscle spindle afferent firing properties emerge from multiscale muscle mechanics.eLife · 2020Article
- The ancient sarcomeric myosins found in specialized muscles.Skeletal muscle · 2019Review
- The human platysma contains numerous muscle spindles.Journal of anatomy · 2018Article
- Functional analysis of human intrafusal fiber innervation by human γ-motoneurons.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Phase contrast synchrotron radiation computed tomography of muscle spindles in the mouse soleus muscle.Journal of anatomy · 2017Article
- Tissue engineering the mechanosensory circuit of the stretch reflex arc with human stem cells: Sensory neuron innervation of intrafusal muscle fibers.Biomaterials · 2017Article
- The Need for a Consensus on the Locution "Central Nuclei" in Striated Muscle Myopathies.Frontiers in physiology · 2016Article
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Abstract
The first descriptions of muscle spindles with intrafusal fibres containing striated myofibrils and nervous elements were given approximately 150 years ago. It took, however, another 100 years to establish the presence of two types of intrafusal muscle fibres: nuclear bag and nuclear chain fibres. The present paper highlights primarily the contribution of Robert Banks in fibre typing of intrafusal fibres: the confirmation of the principle of two types of nuclear bag fibres in mammalian spindles and the variation in occurrence of a dense M-band along the fibres. Furthermore, this paper summarizes how studies from the Umeå University group (Laboratory of Muscle Biology in the Department of Integrative Medical Biology) on fibre typing and the structure and composition of M-bands have contributed to the current understanding of muscle spindle complexity in adult humans as well as to muscle spindle development and effects of ageing. The variable molecular composition of the intrafusal sarcomeres with respect to myosin heavy chains and M-band proteins gives new perspectives on the role of the intrafusal myofibrils as stretch-activated sensors influencing tension/stiffness and signalling to nuclei.
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