Transcriptional deficits in oxidative phosphorylation with statin myopathy.

abstract：:Although the effect of low temperature on the peripheral nervous system has been systematically studied, the effect of high temperature has not. We investigated the effect of elevating limb temperature from 32 degrees C to 42 degrees C by performing sequential motor studies, antidromic sensory studies, and 3-Hz repeti...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rutkove SB,Kothari MJ,Shefner JM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We hypothesized that microvascular disturbances in muscle tissue play a role in the reduced exercise capacity in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). METHODS:Children with JDM, children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (clinical controls), and healthy children performed a maximal incremental cycloergometric ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Habers GE,De Knikker R,Van Brussel M,Hulzebos E,Stegeman DF,Van Royen A,Takken T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is an emerging non-invasive, highly reproducible electrophysiological technique that objectively characterizes muscle structure and composition by measuring bioimpedance. We assessed the ability of EIM ability to discriminate 2 forms of congenital muscular dystrophy (CM...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schwartz DP,Dastgir J,Salman A,Lear B,Bönnemann CG,Lehky TJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic neuropathies are the most common type of neuropathies seen in clinical practice. These neuropathies can range clinically from asymptomatic to manifesting symptoms caused by motor, sensory, and autonomic nerve dysfunction. These neuropathies can affect the peripheral nervous system, pain receptors, cardiovascu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Patel K,Horak H,Tiryaki E

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We assessed antibodies against low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4-Ab) in a Chinese population with myasthenia gravis (MG). METHODS:Serum samples from 116 patients and 80 controls were collected. Acetylcholine receptor antibodies(AChR-Ab) and muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Li Y,Zhang Y,Cai G,He D,Dai Q,Xu Z,Chu L

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:There are several pathogenic mechanisms of peripheral nerve involvement in patients with monoclonal dysglobulinemia. Intranervous proliferation of malignant cells, immunoglobulin, or amyloid deposits in the endoneurial space can only be determined by examination of nerve biopsy specimens. We present clinical, electrop...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Vallat JM,Magy L,Richard L,Piaser M,Sindou P,Calvo J,Ghorab K,Cros D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Topical application of lidocaine-and-prilocaine (LP) cream attenuates the functionality of small cutaneous nerve fibers. The aim of this human study was to measure the underlying excitability modulation of small cutaneous nerve fibers using a novel and fast perception threshold tracking (PTT) technique. M...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nielson Hoberg T,Frahm S,Hennings K,Arendt-Nielsen L,Dahl Mørch C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine if chronic fatigue syndrome (CSF) is characterized by abnormalities in oxidative muscle metabolism. Patients with CFS according to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) criteria (n = 22) were compared to normal sedentary subjects (n = 15). CFS patients were also tested before and...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： McCully KK,Natelson BH,Iotti S,Sisto S,Leigh JS Jr

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Changes in subsynovial connective tissue (SSCT) in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) patients may result in altered dynamics; consequently, quantification of these dynamics might support objective diagnosis of CTS. METHODS:We measured and compared longitudinal excursion of the flexor digitorum superficialis an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Korstanje JW,Scheltens-De Boer M,Blok JH,Amadio PC,Hovius SE,Stam HJ,Selles RW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Information related to the long-term follow-up of neuropathy in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation is still scarce. METHODS:We describe the neuropathic features of 3 patients with the transthyretin Val30Met mutation. Each patient underwent liver transplantation at an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Koike H,Hashimoto R,Tomita M,Kawagashira Y,Iijima M,Nakamura T,Watanabe H,Kamei H,Kiuchi T,Sobue G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Danon disease is a rare X-linked dominant disorder caused by lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2 (LAMP2) deficiency and is characterized by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiac conduction abnormalities, skeletal vacuolar myopathy, variable degree of mental retardation, and peripheral pigmentary retinopathy. We des...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nadeau A,Therrien C,Karpati G,Sinnreich M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Skeletal muscle oxidative capacity decreases and fatigability increases after spinal cord injury. Transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ (PPARδ) promotes a more oxidative phenotype. METHODS:We asked whether PPARδ overexpression could ameliorate these deficits in the medial gastr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kim JA,Roy RR,Zhong H,Alaynick WA,Embler E,Jang C,Gomez G,Sonoda T,Evans RM,Edgerton VR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to investigate in vivo median nerve longitudinal mobility in different segments of the carpal tunnel associated with active finger motion in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) patients in a comparison with healthy controls. METHODS:Eleven healthy volunteers and 11 CTS patients part...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Yao Y,Grandy E,Evans PJ,Seitz WH Jr,Li ZM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We sought to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and evaluate the internal consistency and validity of the Chinese version of the 15-Item Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life (MG-QOL15). METHODS:Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the MG-QOL15 were performed. We used Cronbach's α to test internal con...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Miao X,Lian Z,Liu J,Chen H,Shi Z,Li M,Zhou H,Hu X,Yang R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of personal variables as risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and their relationship to severity of nerve conduction abnormality, we studied 210 consecutive symptomatic CTS patients and 320 controls subjects without CTS symptomatology or known systemic disorders. The CTS group was classi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kouyoumdjian JA,Zanetta DM,Morita MP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Valosin-containing protein (VCP) variants that affect muscle, bone, and the nervous system are termed multisystem proteinopathy. VCP myopathy is manifested as limb-girdle weakness, distal weakness and scapuloperoneal weakness. METHODS:We reviewed clinical, genetic, and muscle biopsy data from 6 members of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Guo X,Zhao Z,Shen H,Qi B,Li N,Hu J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myogenic regulatory factor MyoD plays an important role in embryonic and adult skeletal muscle growth. Even though it is best known as a marker for activated satellite cells, it is also expressed in myonuclei, and its expression can be induced by a variety of different conditions. Several model systems have been u...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Legerlotz K,Smith HK

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the force output produced by variable frequency, short-duration trains (VFTs) of electrical pulses with the forces produced by constant frequency, short-duration trains (CFTs). Human quadriceps femoris muscle was stimulated with a 300-msec train of pulses once every second for 180 seconds. Each sub...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Binder-Macleod SA,Barker CB 3rd

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) and functional electrical stimulation (FES) of paralyzed muscles on type IV collagen content and proteins involving its degradation, which is initiated by matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 and regulated by their tissue inhibitors (...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Koskinen SO,Kjaer M,Mohr T,Sørensen FB,Suuronen T,Takala TE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether Schwann cell or myelin was the principal antigen responsible for nerve graft rejection, fresh nerve grafts and those in which myelin had been previously allowed to degenerate (predegenerate grafts) from both isogeneic BALB/c and allogeneic C57/B1 mice were inserted into trembler BALB/c ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pollard JD,McLeod JG

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The best treatment strategy for mild ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) is not known, due to lack of trials comparing surgery vs conservative treatment. METHODS:We recruited patients with clinical symptoms and signs of mild UNE and an electrophysiologically or sonographically confirmed diagnosis. Patient...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pompe SM,Schreuder T,Teunissen LL,Visser LH,Beekman R

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate normal jitter in voluntarily activated extensor digitorum communis (EDC) and orbicularis oculi (OOc) muscles using a disposable concentric needle electrode (CNE). The EDC of 67 normal subjects (22 males and 45 females, mean age 35.5 +/- 10.2 years) and the OOc of 50 normal subject...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kouyoumdjian JA,Stålberg EV

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Venous access for therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in myasthenia gravis (MG) can be achieved by central venous catheters (CVC) or peripheral veins (PV), and the preferred method varies among providers. We evaluated our institutional experience with TPE venous access method and complications. METHODS:We r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Guptill JT,Oakley D,Kuchibhatla M,Guidon AC,Hobson-Webb LD,Massey JM,Sanders DB,Juel VC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpain 3 (C3) is the only muscle-specific member of the calcium-dependent protease family. Although neither its physiological function nor its in vivo substrates are known, C3 must be an important protein for normal muscle function as mutations in the C3 gene result in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A. Previous...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Guyon JR,Kudryashova E,Potts A,Dalkilic I,Brosius MA,Thompson TG,Beckmann JS,Kunkel LM,Spencer MJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although serum creatine kinase (CK) levels are frequently modestly elevated in patients with hypothyroid myopathy, elevations in serum CK to the levels usually seen in inflammatory myopathies or dystrophies are rare. We report a patient with progressive proximal weakness and a serum CK level of over 29,000 IU/L, in wh...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Scott KR,Simmons Z,Boyer PJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study, we analyzed the crosstalk in mechanomyographic (MMG) signals generated by the extensor digitorum (ED), extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU), and flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) muscles of the forearm during wrist flexion (WF) and extension (WE) and radial (RD) and ulnar (UD) deviations. METHODS:Twenty r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Islam A,Sundaraj K,Ahmad RB,Sundaraj S,Ahamed NU,Ali MA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immersion of rat hemidiaphragms in Ca2+-free Krebs solution (KS) containing Ca2+ chelator in vitro leads to separation of basal lamina from the plasma membrane, as well as transient contracture and rapid loss of twitch response [calcium paradox (CP) phase 1]. Subsequent immersion in regular KS results in necrosis of m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Soza M,Karpati G,Carpenter S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural, biochemical, and electrophysiological analyses were done on 12-14-month-old mice deficient for myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) to further characterize the neuropathy that develops as they age. Electron microscopy demonstrated normal myelin compaction and axonal degeneration in a large number of m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weiss MD,Luciano CA,Quarles RH

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We examined the effects of pain site and intensity on function in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and chronic pain. METHODS:Questionnaires assessing pain sites, pain extent (number of sites), pain intensity, and pain interference were complet...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Miró J,Gertz KJ,Carter GT,Jensen MP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00