At any moment, each of these specialized brain neurons might be receiving multiple messages from multiple sources, but is only selectively responding to certain information about the timing or frequency of the impulses it is receiving. Related Stories.
Methods for measuring sympathetic nervous system activity. Heart rate variability (HRV), the beat-to-beat variation in heart rate, is an indirect method of measuring autonomic nervous system activity, with contributions from both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.ine electrodes are used to record 'bursts' of activity from multiple or single afferent and efferent nerve axons in the skin and muscle. The common peroneal nerve is typically chosen for this method (because it is easily accessible) and measures the efferent postganglionic muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA).
inhibition of the antagonist muscle group is mediated by the muscle spindle. If the agonist muscle contracts, then the spindle fires, sending messages to the spinal cord causing the antagonist muscle to relax. PNF Stretching: Autogenic Inhibition. The golgi tendon organ is a nerve receptor found in tendons.This receptor fires when tension increases within the tendon. This tension can be due to stretch or contracting muscle.o achieve this the limb is place in painfree range and an isometric contraction is sustained. The limb is then moved into the new range. The hold-relax method of PNF stretching is facilitated by the golgi tendon organ to allow a reflexive relaxation of the muscle.