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IN an attempt to reduce muscle afferent activity, the tendons of some hind-limb muscles of cats were cut. It was postulated that this would prevent the development of effective tension, reduce passive stretching, and so induce relative disuse of the central synaptic connexions of the muscle afferent nerves.
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KOZAK, W., WESTERMAN, R. Plastic Changes of Spinal Monosynaptic Responses from Tenotomized Muscles in Cats. Nature 189, 753–755 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189753b0
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