Calpain 3 cleaves filamin C and regulates its ability to interact with gamma- and delta-sarcoglycans.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We quantified intraneural blood flow (INBF) in 18 patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and examined its relationship with nerve size, neuropathy severity, and nerve excitability parameters. METHODS:Sonographic measurements of the median nerve were performed at the same site before and after hemod...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Borire AA,Arnold R,Pussell BA,Kwai NC,Visser LH,Simon NG,Kiernan MC,Krishnan AV

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five members of the same family, along three generations, presented with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Neurological examination, muscle strength, electromyography, and serum creatine kinase were normal. Skeletal muscle biopsy showed abnormal lipid accumulation and carnitine deficiency. In three patients the cardiac sym...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bautista J,Rafel E,Martinez A,Sainz I,Herrera J,Segura L,Chinchon I

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left spinal accessory nerve palsy occurred in a young man when he quickly turned his head to the right while his shoulders were pulled down by heavy hand-held objects. Electrophysiologic studies demonstrated partial axonotmesis of the spinal accessory nerve branches innervating the sternocleidomastoid and upper and mi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Logigian EL,McInnes JM,Berger AR,Busis NA,Lehrich JR,Shahani BT

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study, we questioned whether local cooling of muscle or heating involving core and muscle temperatures are the main indicators for force variability. METHODS:Ten volunteers performed a 2-min maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) of the knee extensors under control (CON) conditions after passive heat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Brazaitis M,Skurvydas A,Pukėnas K,Daniuseviciūtė L,Mickevicienė D,Solianik R

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with DMD have low bone mineral density (BMD) and are at high risk for fractures. We examined changes in BMD and the effects of alendronate in DMD patients treated at our institution in the last decade. METHODS:Retrospective cohort study of 39 DMD patients. RESULTS:Patients had screening dual ene...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Houston C,Mathews K,Shibli-Rahhal A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with neurogenic disorders, polymyositis, or muscular dystrophies were assessed clinically and by CT imaging of limb, limb girdle, and trunk muscles, using a standard protocol. On each side of these patients 26 movements were graded by the MRC scale, and 20 muscles were assessed by CT imaging. The clini...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Swash M,Brown MM,Thakkar C

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with transthyretin amyloidosis who presented with multifocal mononeuropathies with features of demyelination on nerve conduction studies, a constellation of findings not previously described in amyloid polyneuropathy. Genetic testing revealed a valine122isoleucine mutation in the coding region of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Briemberg HR,Amato AA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Because paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) induces a catabolic hormone profile, we sought to evaluate the morphology of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle and testosterone and corticosterone levels of paradoxical sleep-deprived rats. METHODS:Three study groups of rats were established: the first group was...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dattilo M,Antunes HK,Medeiros A,Mônico-Neto M,Souza Hde S,Lee KS,Tufik S,de Mello MT

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Accuracy of needle electromyography is typically ensured by use of anatomical landmarks and auditory feedback related to voluntary activation of the targeted muscle; however, in certain clinical situations, landmarks may not be palpable, auditory feedback may be limited or not present, and targeting a spec...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Boon AJ,Oney-Marlow TM,Murthy NS,Harper CM,McNamara TR,Smith J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Voltage-gated Kv1 potassium channel complex (VGKC) autoantibodies subtyped for leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1), contactin-associated-proteinlike 2 (CASPR2), and Kv IgGs have a spectrum of neurological presentations. Painful polyneuropathy is seen in some patients, but nerve pathology descriptions ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lahoria R,Pittock SJ,Gadoth A,Engelstad JK,Lennon VA,Klein CJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 55-year-old man with non-small-cell lung cancer who underwent radiation, chemotherapy with carbotaxol and paclitaxel, and left upper lobe removal 2 years prior to evaluation. He was referred for disabling orthostatic hypotension (113/69 mm Hg supine and 66/47 mm Hg standing after 10 minutes) wi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Peltier AC,Black BK,Raj SR,Donofrio P,Robertson D,Biaggioni I

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better define electrophysiological abnormalities in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with muscle-specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK) antibodies (Ab), we compared electrophysiological features of 14 MuSK Ab-positive, 73 acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR Ab)-positive, and 22 MuSK and AChR Ab-negative (seronegative) pa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oh SJ,Hatanaka Y,Hemmi S,Young AM,Scheufele ML,Nations SP,Lu L,Claussen GC,Wolfe GI

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a young woman with typical neurovascular symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). A three-dimensional computerized scan showed a "dislocation" of the first rib at the costotransverse joint. The patient responded to a conservative approach to treatment. The patient presented here demonstrates the functio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lindgren KA,Manninen H,Rytkönen H

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Balance impairment contributes to gait dysfunction, falls, and reduced quality of life in adults with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) but has been minimally examined in pediatric CMT. METHODS:The CMT Pediatric Scale (CMTPedS) was administered to 520 children with CMT. Associations between balance functi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Estilow T,Glanzman AM,Burns J,Harrington A,Cornett K,Menezes MP,Shy R,Moroni I,Pagliano E,Pareyson D,Bhandari T,Muntoni F,Laurá M,Reilly MM,Finkel RS,Eichinger KJ,Herrmann DN,Troutman G,Bray P,Halaki M,Shy ME,Yu

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza vaccination has been associated with adverse events including Guillain-Barré syndrome. Because the safety of influenza vaccination in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) has not been established, some clinicians discourage vaccination for these patients. We explored whether the administration of influenza v...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zinman L,Thoma J,Kwong JC,Kopp A,Stukel TA,Juurlink DN

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients (n = 41) with isolated weakness of the eyelids or extraocular muscles, who had been referred for single fiber electromyography (SFEMG), were followed up after 4 to 24 months, At follow-up the patients were classified as "definite ocular myasthenia gravis" (MG), "definite other diagnosis," or "no definite diag...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rouseev R,Ashby P,Basinski A,Sharpe JA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nosologic distinction between paramyotonia congenita and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is somewhat blurred. Muscle membrane inexcitability induced by cooling seems to be characteristic of paramyotonia congenita. The effect of cooling on the maximal compound muscle action potential (CMAP) in patients with paramyo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Subramony SH,Wee AS,Mishra SK

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is a useful tool in the treatment of a variety of neuromuscular disorders. Though IVIg therapy is generally safe, hemolytic anemia is a potentially serious complication that is often overlooked, and is currently not listed in product inserts. We analyzed 45 patients who received IVIg ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wilson JR,Bhoopalam H,Fisher M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normative values of muscle fiber conduction velocity depend on the conditions in which conduction velocity is measured due to the velocity recovery function (VRF) of muscle fibers. In this study the VRF of the compound muscle action potential (CMAP) was assessed following doublet and triplet stimulation in order to in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kamavuako EN,Hennings K,Farina D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism is impaired in multiple sclerosis (MS), phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to measure the rate of intramuscular phosphocreatine (PCr) resynthesis following exercise in MS and controls. Thirteen MS patients underwent intermittent isometric tetan...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kent-Braun JA,Sharma KR,Miller RG,Weiner MW

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intramembrane particle (IMP) profile of control and dystrophic (Bio 14.6) hamster cardiac muscle plasma membrane was assessed in freeze-fracture replicas to determine whether this animal model of muscular dystrophy exhibits the same membrane characteristics found in skeletal muscle from other more thoroughly studi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Graham KA,Shivers RR,Atkinson BG

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although there are numerous protocols to adjust the amplitude of the Hoffmann reflex (H-reflex) relative to the size of the direct motor response (M-response), the optimal stimulating location has not been described. We sought to determine the optimal positioning of the stimulating cathode when evoking the...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Özyurt MG,Shabsog M,Dursun M,Türker KS

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus infection can affect both the central and peripheral nervous system. In some patients this occurs concurrently. Two patients are presented with encephalopathy and acute quadriparesis with diminished reflexes. Positive serology for Epstein-Barr virus was found in both patients. Both patients had a ce...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Morgenlander JC

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient initially diagnosed as having ocular myasthenia gravis who showed progressive ophthalmoparesis and pseudoblepharospasm together with positive acetylcholine receptor antibodies. Repeated evaluation with high-frequency repetitive stimulation revealed an incremental response and elevated titers of ant...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kanzato N,Motomura M,Suehara M,Arimura K

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A careful monitoring of the accuracy of diagnosis in six cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome has shown that a substantial proportion of these patients initially diagnosed as having Guillain-Barre syndrome on the basis of characteristic clinical findings and an elevated level of protein in the spinal fluid had a neuropath...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Feit H,Tindall RS,Glasberg M

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The superficial peroneal nerve subserves sensation on the entire surface of the dorsum of the foot, except in small areas. All previously reported techniques for evaluating nerve conduction along this nerve tested a proximal portion of the nerve. We report a new method for evaluating sensory nerve conduction of the fo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oh SJ,Demirci M,Dajani B,Melo AC,Claussen GC

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we present a reproducible technique to assess motor recovery after nerve injury via neuromuscular junction (NMJ) immunostaining and electrodiagnostic testing. METHODS:Wild-type mice underwent sciatic nerve transection with repair. Hindlimb muscles were collected for microscopy up to 30 weeks...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Vannucci B,Santosa KB,Keane AM,Jablonka-Shariff A,Lu CY,Yan Y,MacEwan M,Snyder-Warwick AK

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As caveolin-3 deficiencies may explain persistent hyper-CK-emia, we performed CAV3 gene mutation analysis and immunohistochemistry for caveolin-3 in 31 patients with idiopathic hyper-CK-emia. In 2 of 29 patients who donated blood, variants in the CAV3 gene were detected. Although immunohistochemical analysis strongly ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Reijneveld JC,Ginjaar IB,Frankhuizen WS,Notermans NC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To delineate change in median nerve size in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), we compared ultrasonograms of nerve cross-sections from patients (201 wrists of 125 women with idiopathic CTS) and controls (200 dominant wrists of 200 women). Major and minor axes, cross-sectional area, and the flattening ratio (major axis/mino...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nakamichi KI,Tachibana S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an adult-onset motor neuron disease caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the androgen receptor gene. The aim of this study was to verify whether urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), an oxidative stress marker, is a biomarker for SBMA. METHODS:We measured th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mano T,Katsuno M,Banno H,Suzuki K,Suga N,Hashizume A,Tanaka F,Sobue G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00