Evidence for new isoform of fast myosin heavy chain in rat skeletal muscle.

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 family is described in which five males have late-onset facial weakness, dysarthria, dysphagia, and slowly progressive proximal weakness. Electrodiagnostic studies and muscle biopsy were compatible with spinal muscular atrophy. This family appears quite similar to several previously reported families with late-onset...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ringel SP,Lava NS,Treihaft MM,Lubs ML,Lubs HA

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with demyelinating neurological disease, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome or multiple sclerosis, contains factors that inhibit the excitatory Na+ current. Such antiexcitatory factors are occasionally also detectable in CSF from patients with other neurological diseases but were...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Brinkmeier H,Seewald MJ,Wollinsky KH,Rüdel R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of our current knowledge of the etiology and pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis is presented, with particular emphasis on the immunological aspects of the disease. Part 1, published in this issue, deals with the clinical and genetic features of myasthenia gravis which led to the autoimmune theory of the etiolo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Simpson JA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sarcopenia likely comprises muscle fiber denervation and re-innervation, resulting in clustering of muscle fibers of the same type (classified by myosin heavy chain isoform composition). Development of methodology to quantitatively evaluate clustering of muscle fibers according to fiber type is necessary. ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Greising SM,Medina-Martínez JS,Vasdev AK,Sieck GC,Mantilla CB

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have suggested the presence of central nervous system involvement manifesting as cognitive impairment in diseases traditionally confined to the peripheral nervous system. The aim of this review is to highlight the character of clinical, genetic, neurofunctional, cognitive, and psychiatric deficits in n...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： D'Angelo MG,Bresolin N

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM) occurs when symptoms of myotonic dystrophy present at birth. In this study we evaluated the relationship between physical function, muscle mass, and age to provide an assessment of the disease and help prepare for therapeutic trials. METHODS:CDM participants performed t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pucillo EM,Dibella DL,Hung M,Bounsanga J,Crockett B,Dixon M,Butterfield RJ,Campbell C,Johnson NE

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of a 12-week progressive resistance strength training program in weakened muscles of 5 patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM). Strength was evaluated with Medical Research Council (MRC) scale ratings and quantitative isometric and dynamic tests. Changes in serum creatine kinase (CK...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Spector SA,Lemmer JT,Koffman BM,Fleisher TA,Feuerstein IM,Hurley BF,Dalakas MC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory reflex responses to electrical stimulation of the mental nerve were studied in recordings from single motor units (SMU) in the human masseter muscle. A new analytical technique for spike train data was used. Electrical stimuli were delivered to the mental nerve when the SMU fired with two consecutive inter-...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Graven-Nielsen T,Svensson P,McMillan AS,Arendt-Nielsen L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reinnervation of a free muscle graft by nerves from an adjacent intact muscle is called muscular neurotization. This paper investigates the mechanisms and stimuli responsible for muscular neurotization in the rat. Sternohyoid or sternomastoid muscles were transplanted as free muscle grafts to the ventral surface of an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Must R

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we aimed to clarify whether muscle ultrasound (US) of the forearm can be used to differentiate between patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) and those with s-IBM-mimicking diseases. METHODS:We compared the echo intensity (EI) of the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) muscle an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Noto Y,Shiga K,Tsuji Y,Kondo M,Tokuda T,Mizuno T,Nakagawa M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence of α-actinin-3, encoded by the ACTN3 "speed gene," is associated with poorer sprinting performance in athletes and a slowing of relaxation in fast-twitch muscles of Actn3 knockout (KO) mice. Our first aim was to investigate, at the individual-fiber level, possible mechanisms for this slowed relaxation. Our sec...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chan S,Seto JT,Houweling PJ,Yang N,North KN,Head SI

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired neuromyotonia is characterized by hyperexcitability of motor nerves resulting in continuous muscle fiber activity. It occurs most often as a paraneoplastic syndrome in patients with cancers of the immune system. Antibodies against voltage-gated potassium channels (VGKCs) have been detected in some patients. P...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lahrmann H,Albrecht G,Drlicek M,Oberndorfer S,Urbanits S,Wanschitz J,Zifko UA,Grisold W

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempts to gain a better understanding of the primary cause of doxorubicin myotoxicity to aid in the development of a protocol to increase its effectiveness in treating muscle spasm diseases. The time course of acute injury to the orbicularis oculi muscle after injection of doxorubicin into the eyelids of ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： McLoon LK,Luo XX,Wirtschafter J

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define numerically the clinical severity of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), we developed a protocol that quantifies muscle weakness by combining the functional evaluation of six muscle groups affected in this disease. To validate reproducibility of the protocol, 69 patients were recruited. Each patie...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lamperti C,Fabbri G,Vercelli L,D'Amico R,Frusciante R,Bonifazi E,Fiorillo C,Borsato C,Cao M,Servida M,Greco F,Di Leo R,Volpi L,Manzoli C,Cudia P,Pastorello E,Ricciardi L,Siciliano G,Galluzzi G,Rodolico C,Santoro L

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the molecular defect causing Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) has been identified, the biochemical mechanisms that lead to muscle necrosis remain unclear. Exercise-related muscle metabolism in 9 mildly affected BMD patients was assessed by muscle 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((31)P MRS) during...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tosetti M,Linsalata S,Battini R,Volpi L,Cini C,Presciutti O,Muntoni F,Cioni G,Siciliano G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if short TI (time to inversion) recovery (STIR) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful in assessing lower extremity (LE) denervation in subacute lumbar radiculopathy (LR), 25 subjects underwent lumbar spine MRI, LE STIR MRI and needle electromyography (EMG). In 23 (92%) subjects there was a positive c...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Carter GT,Fritz RC

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal entrapment of the ulnar nerve occurs most frequently in the region of the elbow, at the ulnar groove or beneath the humeroulnar aponeurosis. Surgical treatment commonly involves transposition of the nerve anterior to the medial epicondyle, in the antecubital fossa. Symptoms may recur after surgery, and, to asses...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Matei CI,Logigian EL,Shefner JM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An enlarged tongue (macroglossia) has been reported in advanced-stage patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:In this study we examined the prevalence of macroglossia and analyzed clinical correlations in 65 ALS patients on tracheostomy-invasive ventilation (TIV). RESULTS:Macroglossia ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Matsuda C,Shimizu T,Nakayama Y,Haraguchi M,Hakuta C,Itagaki Y,Ogura A,Murata K,Taira M,Numayama T,Kinoshita M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Livedoid vasculopathy is a rare dermatological condition characterized by painful ulceration, atrophic scarring, and persistent livedo reticularis. The pathogenesis is unclear. METHODS:We report a patient with biopsy-proven livedoid vasculopathy who developed a progressive sensory ganglionopathy with prof...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alix JJ,Hadjivassiliou M,Ali R,Slater D,Messenger AG,Rao DG

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:There were 31 Duchenne patients placed on overnight mouth intermittent positive pressure ventilation for severe respiratory insufficiency at the average age of 19.9 years. Most patients had vital capacities less than 200 cc at their last evaluations. Of these, 23 patients are alive at the average age of 27 years and l...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bach JR,O'Brien J,Krotenberg R,Alba AS

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a paucity of validated tests to quantify hand function impairment due to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The aim of this study was to test the validity and reliability of the Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT) in CTS patients. We compared 190 CTS patients with 122 healthy, age-matched controls. CTS severity was determi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Amirjani N,Ashworth NL,Olson JL,Morhart M,Chan KM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of neuromuscular disorders among intensive care unit (ICU) patients has shifted toward disorders acquired within the ICU and away from "traditional" neuromuscular disorders that lead to ICU admission. We sought to assess this spectrum by determining the causes and relative frequencies of neuromuscular dis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lacomis D,Petrella JT,Giuliani MJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Similar to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electrical impedance myography (EIM) is dependent on the presence and location of water in muscle to assess neuromuscular diseases. We compared the 2 technologies in mdx mice to better understand their relationship. METHODS:EIM and MRI, using T2 relaxation and ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wu JS,Li J,Greenman RL,Bennett D,Geisbush T,Rutkove SB

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Mitochondria are semi-autonomous organelles that are able to change their shape, size, location, and number inside the living cell. Mitochondrial division is an extremely important process, because cell survival depends on there being an adequate number of mitochondria in each cell. The dynamics of these o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fidziańska A,Glinka Z

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although conduction block indicates dysfunction of peripheral nerve, it may occur in patients with clinically typical motor neuron disease. There are no universally accepted criteria to identify conduction block, so diagnosis may be difficult. In some peripheral neuropathies, conduction block persists over long period...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lange DJ,Trojaborg W,McDonald TD,Blake DM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myophosphorylase deficiency (McArdle's disease) may present with episodic renal failure following exertion. We present a case of adult-onset myophosphorylase deficiency in which recurrent bouts of renal failure could not be associated with any exertional events until a tonic seizure was witnessed after the fourth epis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Walker AR,Tschetter K,Matsuo F,Flanigan KM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We aimed to investigate whether sonographic peripheral cross-sectional nerve area (CSA) and progranulin (PGRN), a neuritic growth factor, are related to each other and whether they interact to predict clinical and paraclinical measures in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:We included 55 ALS pat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schreiber S,Debska-Vielhaber G,Abdulla S,Machts J,Schreiber F,Kropf S,KÖrtvelyessy P,KÖrner S,Kollewe K,Petri S,Dengler R,Kunz WS,Nestor PJ,Vielhaber S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00