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Science 7 October 1960:
Vol. 132. no. 3432, pp. 958 - 959
DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3432.958
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Impairment of Muscle Stretch Reflexes in Tick Paralysis

Don W. Esplin 1, Cornelius B. Philip 2, and Lyndahl E. Hughes 2

1 Department of Pharmacology, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City
2 National Institute of Allergy and Infectiolus Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamiiilton, Montana

Experiments with tick-paralyzed dogs and woodchucks have shown impairment of stretch reflexes in addition to partial paralysis at the neuromuscular junction. Stretch reflexes disappear very early during paralysis, whereas nociceptive reflexes do not appear to be directly affected. The early incoordination and the ascending nature of the paralysis may be related to impairment of stretch reflex pathways.


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