Interruption of spindle discharge from a muscle causes contraction of the muscle to become jerky and irregular due to :-a- increased activity of reverberating circuits causing fluctuation of the motor discharge to the muscleb- increased activity of inhibitory interneurons causing oscillating inhibition of the α-motor neurons of the musclec- irregular discharge of excitatory inputs to the α-motor neurons of the muscle d- post-tetanic potentiation of the α-motor neurons of the muscle

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