Medullary infarcts may cause ipsilateral masseter reflex abnormalities.

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：:Present studies evaluated the functions of thick and thin nerve fibers in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) to determine whether data of thin nerve fibers can add further information to the diagnosis of CTS. Measurements were performed in 22 patients and 16 age-matched control subjects. Motor and sensory nerve conduction, ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lang E,Spitzer A,Pfannmüller D,Claus D,Handwerker HO,Neundörfer B

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle-derived neurotrophins are thought to contribute to the adaptation of skeletal muscle to exercise, but the effects of brief exercise interventions on BDNF, NT-4/5, and trkB are not understood. RNA was extracted for RT-PCR from soleus and medial gastrocnemius of Sprague-Dawley rats exercised on a treadmill at spe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ogborn DI,Gardiner PF

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Beta-chemokines attract and activate T cells and monocytes and have a key role in chronic inflammation. Certain beta-chemokines, such as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), have been reported to be upregulated in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). We studied the distribution of beta-chemokine recept...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： De Paepe B,De Bleecker JL

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier studies have shown that prior denervation of muscle prevents myotonia induced by 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) both in vivo and in vitro. This work studied the effect of reinnervation on 2,4-D myotonia. Twenty Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with 2,4-D at specific intervals following unilateral sci...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Al-Sulaiman A,Al-Rajeh S,Iyer V

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that sensory loss may occur in a proportion of patients affected by poliomyelitis. We hypothesize that sensory problems may be a lasting sequela in some polio survivors. Sensory pathways in polio survivors were evaluated clinically and electrophysiologically using sensory evoked potentials (SEPs). Pa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Prokhorenko OA,Vasconcelos OM,Lupu VD,Campbell WW,Jabbari B

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by absence of the subsarcolemmal protein dystrophin, present in skeletal muscles and cardiomyocytes. We hypothesized that progressive respiratory and left ventricular (LV) insufficiencies in DMD could be parallel and interrelated phenomena. METHODS:We con...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Khokhar A,Nair A,Midya V,Kumar A,Sinharoy A,Ahmad TA,Abu-Hasan M,Mondal P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nebulin is a giant actin-binding protein in the thin filament of the skeletal muscle sarcomere. Studies of nebulin interactions are limited by the size, complexity, and poor solubility of the protein. We divided the nebulin super-repeat region into a super-repeat panel, and studied nebulin/actin interactio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Laitila J,Lehtonen J,Lehtokari VL,Sagath L,Wallgren-Pettersson C,Grönholm M,Pelin K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The distribution of clinical and neurophysiological abnormalities in patients with early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was investigated in an attempt to delineate patterns of disease spread. METHODS:Clinical and electrodiagnostic data were collected from 150 ALS patients and analyzed based on the cl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Simon NG,Lomen-Hoerth C,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) stem from defects in presynaptic, synaptic basal lamina, and postsynaptic proteins. The presynaptic CMS are associated with defects that curtail the evoked release of acetylcholine (ACh) quanta or ACh resynthesis. Defects in ACh resynthesis have now been traced to mutations in cho...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Engel AG,Ohno K,Sine SM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve guides seeded with Schwann cells (SCs) promote axonal regeneration in peripheral nerve lesions. We examined the applicability of bioluminescent imaging (BLI) for monitoring the fate of SCs in nerve guides after implantation. Rat SCs were transfected with the firefly luciferase (Fluc) gene and subsequently seeded...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ma MS,Van Dam G,Meek M,Boddeke E,Copray S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neuromuscular activation can be influenced by both muscle temperature (Tm) and fatigue. METHODS:To assess the effects of Tm and fatigue on the electromechanical delay (EMD), 15 participants performed voluntary isometric contractions of different intensities under neutral (TmN), low (TmL), and high (TmH) T...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cè E,Rampichini S,Agnello L,Limonta E,Veicsteinas A,Esposito F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the known trophic effects of growth hormone (GH) on nerve and muscle 75 patients with ALS were treated for up to 18 months with synthetic human growth hormone (Protropin) or a placebo. The course of ALS was assessed serially using a quantitative (TQNE) neuromuscular and manual exam (MRC) and laboratory chemis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Smith RA,Melmed S,Sherman B,Frane J,Munsat TL,Festoff BW

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously reported patient presenting sensory-dominant neuropathy with antiganglioside antibodies, bound preferentially to polysialogangliosides including GD1b, was autopsied. While axonal degeneration was predominant in the sural nerve, many demyelinated fibers were present in the spinal roots. Dorsal roots had un...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Obi T,Murakami T,Takatsu M,Kusunoki S,Serizawa M,Mizoguchi K,Koike R,Nishimura Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reviewed the presentation, initial clinical course, and electrodiagnostic features of children with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). We now report the long-term follow-up of 12 children with idiopathic CIDP, and compare these to 62 adults with idiopathic CIDP. Children of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Simmons Z,Wald JJ,Albers JW

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyses maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) and its measurement by recording the force profile during maximal-effort, 7-s hand-grip contractions. Six healthy subjects each performed three trials repeated at short intervals to study variation from fatigue. These three trials were performed during...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Househam E,McAuley J,Charles T,Lightfoot T,Swash M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report electrophysiological findings of conduction along peripheral sensory fibers in 64 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Distribution of the values of action potential amplitudes and conduction velocities of peripheral afferent fibers were significantly lower than in normal age-matched controls. Sensor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mondelli M,Rossi A,Passero S,Guazzi GC

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Previous studies have reported higher wrist ratios (WR) related to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) but have not assessed effect modification by obesity and may have inadequately controlled for confounders. METHODS:Baseline data of a multicenter prospective cohort study were analyzed. CTS was defined by nerve...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thiese MS,Merryweather A,Koric A,Ott U,Wood EM,Kapellusch J,Foster J,Garg A,Deckow-Schaefer G,Tomich S,Kendall R,Drury DL,Wertsch J,Hegmann KT,Wistah Study Team.

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 137 ulnar nerves and abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscles in 70 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and correlated the results with ADM strength graded on the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale, to address the potential value of a standardized neurophysiological assessment of this nerve-mus...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： de Carvalho M,Swash M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The voluntary discharge properties and axonal conduction velocity of single motor units were studied in patients with neuromuscular diseases with retained differentiation of the muscle fibers into type 1 and type 2, and in patients with late-onset hereditary distal myopathy in which muscle fibers have only intermediat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Borg J,Grimby L,Hannerz J

更新日期：1979-11-01 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：: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：:Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) metabolism was studied in muscle from juvenile and adult dogs with congenital myasthenia gravis (CMG) and their unaffected littermates. Although the amount of AChR in the junctional region of innervated CMG muscle fibers was 25% of normal, or less, denervation of CMG fibers resulted in th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oda K,Lennon VA,Lambert EH,Palmer AC

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duration of training to reliably measure nerve cross-sectional area with ultrasound is unknown. METHODS:A retrospective review was performed of ultrasound data, acquired and recorded by 2 examiners-an expert and either a trainee with 2 months (novice) or a trainee with 12 months (experienced) of experienc...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Garcia-Santibanez R,Dietz AR,Bucelli RC,Zaidman CM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle fatigue occurs in many neuromuscular diseases, including the muscular dystrophies, and it contributes to a loss of functional capacity and reduced quality of life for affected patients. An improvement in fatigue resistance has been observed in diaphragm muscles of mdx mice following insulin-like growth factor-I...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gregorevic P,Plant DR,Lynch GS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hindlimb ischemia for 4 h, followed by reperfusion, resulted in necrosis of most soleus muscle in euthyroid rats, whereas only slight damage occurred in hypothyroid rats. Muscle repair after transection of the tibialis anterior muscle of hypothyroid rats showed delayed debris removal, initial retardation of myotube fo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ozawa J,Kawamata S,Kurosaki T,Iwamizu Y,Matsuura N,Abiko S,Kai S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We sought to define the whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) fingerprint of muscle involvement in pediatric LMNA-related dystrophy (LMNA-RD) and to compare it with SEPN1-related myopathy (SEPN1-RM). METHODS:Signal abnormality and atrophy in 109 muscles were scored by semiquantitative scales in 8 children with LMNA-RD ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gómez-Andrés D,Dabaj I,Mompoint D,Hankiewicz K,Azzi V,Ioos C,Romero NB,Ben Yaou R,Bergounioux J,Bonne G,Richard P,Estournet B,Yves-Carlier R,Quijano-Roy S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Few data exist on the feasibility and reliability of measuring muscular atrophy in 2 dimensions (2D) by ultrasonography (US) and elasticity with shear wave elastography (SWE) in spastic muscles. METHODS:Fourteen patients with chronic stroke took part in 2 intersession reliability experiments performed wit...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mathevon L,Michel F,Aubry S,Testa R,Lapole T,Arnaudeau LF,Fernandez B,Parratte B,Calmels P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) remains uncertain when nerve conduction studies (NCS) fail to show demyelination. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective study of patients who presented with clinical criteria of CIDP in whom electrodiagnostic (EDx) criteria of definite o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Devic P,Petiot P,Mauguiere F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00