A large German kindred with cold-aggravated myotonia and a heterozygous A1481D mutation in the SCN4A gene.

abstract：:Reliable unipedal balance is fundamental to safe ambulation. Accordingly, older persons with peripheral neuropathy (PN), who are at increased risk for falls, demonstrate impaired unipedal balance. To explore the relationship between afferent function and unipedal balance, frontal plane proprioceptive thresholds at the...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Son J,Ashton-Miller JA,Richardson JK

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed electrophysiologic methods for testing the three major forelimb nerves as a tool to evaluate motor and sensory recovery in rats. Median, ulnar, or radial nerves were transected and repaired in Sprague-Dawley rats. Compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) were r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wang H,Sorenson EJ,Spinner RJ,Windebank AJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromuscular recovery after peripheral nerve lesion depends on the regeneration of severed axons that re-establish their functional connection with the denervated muscle. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of electrical stimulation (ES) on the neuromuscular recovery after nerve crush injury in rats. E...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gigo-Benato D,Russo TL,Geuna S,Domingues NR,Salvini TF,Parizotto NA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The etiology of neuropathy was idiopathic in 20%-30% of patients despite thorough investigation, based on results from the 1980s and 1990s. Since then, new etiologies have been recognized, and skin biopsy has been used to confirm small-fiber neuropathy. METHODS:The authors reviewed the charts of 373 patie...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Farhad K,Traub R,Ruzhansky KM,Brannagan TH 3rd

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization of viable biological nerve graft substitutes and nerve allografts raises the problem of nerve storage. To clarify this, rat sciatic nerve segments were harvested and stored in Dulbecco's modified eagle medium. The segments were divided into three groups. In the first group, no cryoprotectant was added,...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fansa H,Lassner F,Kook PH,Keilhoff G,Schneider W

更新日期：2000-08-01 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

abstract：:To study causes of obturator neuropathy and to correlate them with outcome, we retrospectively studied patients seen at the Mayo Clinic electromyography (EMG) laboratory from 1975 through 1999 with a diagnosis of obturator neuropathy. Twenty-two patients with obturator neuropathy were identified. The clinical outcome ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sorenson EJ,Chen JJ,Daube JR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral neuropathies are reported to arise as a result of the systemic inflammatory response produced by a full-thickness cutaneous burn injury. This study was designed to characterize the magnitude and time course of functional and morphological changes in peripheral axons that arise after a full-thickness dermal ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Higashimori H,Whetzel TP,Mahmood T,Carlsen RC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Surface electromyography (SEMG) allows objective assessment and guides selection of appropriate treatment in focal hand dystonia (FHD). METHODS:Sixteen-channel SEMG obtained during different phases of a writing task was used to study timing, activation patterns, and spread of muscle contractions in FHD co...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sivadasan A,Sanjay M,Alexander M,Devasahayam SR,Srinivasa BK

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The probability and degree of muscle recovery after lesions of long peripheral nerves have not been assessed quantitatively. METHODS:Twelve adults with closed injuries of the fibular division of the sciatic nerve with complete denervation of associated muscles were followed-up for 2-10 years. The onset of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Stefancic M,Vidmar G,Blagus R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrical characteristics of myotonia in skeletal muscle appear remarkably similar in a variety of natural disorders and animal models. Recent experimental work has made it clear, however, that the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying these myotonic discharges can be quite different. A mechanistic classificatio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Barchi RL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We report preliminary findings of nerve ultrasound in patients with cerebellar ataxia neuropathy vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS) who have sensory impairment due to dorsal root ganglionopathy. METHODS:The ultrasound cross-sectional area (CSA) of median and ulnar nerves of 7 CANVAS patients was compa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pelosi L,Leadbetter R,Mulroy E,Chancellor AM,Mossman S,Roxburgh R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin levels have been assessed in whole muscle and primary culture extracts in order to examine the relationship between calmodulin and the accumulation of calcium in dystrophic hamster muscle tissues. Significant decreases in both normal and dystrophic skeletal muscle, tongue, and heart calmodulin levels were o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Klamut HJ,Kotarba JA,Strickland KP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study sought to estimate the global prevalence of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-FAP). METHODS:Prevalence estimates and information supporting prevalence calculations was extracted from records yielded by reference-database searches (2005-2016), conference proceedings, and nonpee...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schmidt HH,Waddington-Cruz M,Botteman MF,Carter JA,Chopra AS,Hopps M,Stewart M,Fallet S,Amass L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory myopathies include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), and sporadic inclusion-body myositis (s-IBM). In DM, the main immune effector response appears to be humoral and directed against the microvasculature, whereas in both PM and s-IBM, cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and macrophages invade and eventually...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Figarella-Branger D,Civatte M,Bartoli C,Pellissier JF

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the clinical features of patients with femoral neuropathy and the factors that influence the prognosis. Of 80 consecutive patients referred for neurophysiological evaluations of proximal lower limb weakness, 32 fulfilled strict inclusion criteria and had adequate information, including estimates of ax...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuntzer T,van Melle G,Regli F

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their central role in muscle development and maintenance, MEF2 family members represent excellent candidate effectors of the muscle pathology in myotonic dystrophy (DM). We investigated the expression and alternative splicing of all four MEF2 genes in muscle from neuromuscular disorder (NMD) patients, inclu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bachinski LL,Sirito M,Böhme M,Baggerly KA,Udd B,Krahe R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain normative muscle morphology data on a healthy population recruited from a population survey, we examined vastus lateralis biopsies from 58 men and 33 women, aged 26-67 years. Biopsies were measured with automated, computer-aided techniques. Data were analyzed according to gender and age, and the influence of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Toft I,Lindal S,Bønaa KH,Jenssen T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) and membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) are both autoimmune disorders that are rarely observed concurrently. We describe a patient who developed MGN nearly 20 years after the onset of CIDP, resulting in a secondary progression of his neuropathy. He respo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Smyth S,Menkes DL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Myotonic dystrophy, or dystrophia myotonica (DM), is characterized by prominent muscle wasting and weakness as well as delayed muscle relaxation resulting from persistent electrical discharges. METHODS:We hypothesized heterogeneity among muscles in degree of weakness and myotonia in an expanded [(CUG)(250...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Moyer M,Berger DS,Ladd AN,Van Lunteren E

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate possible influences of suprasegmental lesions on the masseter reflex. The masseter reflex was elicited in 54 patients with supratentorial (37 patients) or cerebellar (17 patients) lesions 3-11 days after the acute onset of clinical disease. Patients showing lesions within the p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hopf HC,Hinrichs C,Stoeter P,Urban PP,Marx J,Thömke F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that growth hormone may be related to the progression of weakness in Duchenne dystrophy. We conducted a 12-month controlled trial of mazindol, a putative growth hormone secretion inhibitor, in 83 boys with Duchenne dystrophy. Muscle strength, contractures, functional ability and pulmonary function we...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Griggs RC,Moxley RT 3rd,Mendell JR,Fenichel GM,Brooke MH,Miller PJ,Mandel S,Florence J,Schierbecker J,Kaiser KK

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This case report focuses on identifying novel mutations in juvenile motor neuron disease and emphasizes the significance of whole exome sequencing (WES). METHODS:We report a 13-year-old Hispanic boy with rapidly progressive weakness, muscle atrophy, tremor, and tongue fasciculation, along with upper motor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Agarwal S,Potocki L,Collier TR,Woodbury SL,Adesina AM,Jones J,Lotze TE

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

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：:The loss of muscle strength with aging appears to be greater in the lower than upper limbs, but strength and its neural control have never been compared in the same population of individuals in both upper and lower limbs. The aim of this study was to investigate differences between eight young (20-31 years) and eight ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bazzucchi I,Felici F,Macaluso A,De Vito G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein synthesis in soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles was measured in vitro to test the hypothesis that the lack of muscle protein accumulation in dystrophic conditions could be caused by a reduced sensitivity to insulin. We demonstrate that physiological insulin concentrations stimulate protein synt...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ballard FJ,Nield MK,Tomas FM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two cases of neuralgic amyotrophy with electrophysiological evidence of conduction block across the lower trunk of the brachial plexus. Low-output impedance stimulation of the cervical spinal roots in combination with collision was used to accurately demonstrate the conduction block. Complete electrophysio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Watson BV,Nicolle MW,Brown JD

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate the ultrasound (US) morphological changes of sural nerves (SNs) of uremic patients on hemodialysis. METHODS:Sixty-six SNs in 33 uremic patients were examined by 22-MHZ high-frequency US and routine nerve conduction studies (NCS), and 76 SNs in 38 controls were also ex...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wei M,Zhu J,Wang N,Xue Q,Liu F,Hu B,Fang J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes nerve conduction studies of the deep temporal nerve (DTN) and the mylohyoid nerve (MHN) motor branches of the trigeminal nerve. These nerves were stimulated intraorally with a pediatric surface stimulator. Compound muscle action potentials were recorded over the temporalis and mylohyoid muscles ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dillingham TR,Spellman NT,Chang AS

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical, morphologic, and biophysical studies support the concept that the red blood cell (RBC) membrane is altered in both myotonic muscular dystrophy (MyD) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). These studies have not identified a primary metabolic defect that would explain the various alterations of membrane pr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Plishker GA,Appel SH

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00