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Muscle rigidity in cats with severed spinal cords

kkollins at pop3.concentric.net kkollins at pop3.concentric.net
Thu Nov 26 01:54:51 EST 1998


to =all= participating in this thread:

Yes, I studied it. Yes it =should= be in AoK... it's a perfect-fit with the
approach I took in writing AoK... I didn't remember to include it while writing
the doc.

I'm Grateful for your discussion. Brought me back to the days when I was
searching out good teaching examples. Cheers, ken collins

eladyt at tx.technion.ac.il wrote:

> Hello,
>
>   I have been told that when the spinal cord of a cat is cut, the muscles
> controlled by the cut nerves become rigid. This suggests that motor commands
> to muscle "tell" the muscle how much to relax, and not how much to contract.
>
>    Could anyone point me to a reference about this phenomena (in cats or
> possibly in humans) ?
>
>                      Thanks,
>
>                           Elad.
>
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