Resting discharge of human muscle spindles is not modulated by increases in sympathetic drive.

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Published in J Physiol on August 15, 2003

Authors

Vaughan G Macefield1, Yrsa B Sverrisdottir, B Gunnar Wallin

Author Affiliations

1: Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. vg.macefield@unsw.edu.au

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