The effect of temperature on amount and structure of motor variability during 2-minute maximum voluntary contraction.

abstract：:We investigated the possible role of extracellular matrix in specifying the expression of superfast myosin during cat jaw muscle regeneration. Equal proportions of muscle tissue from jaw and limb were minced together after killing cellular elements from one source. We allowed the mince to regenerate in the bed of a fa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hoh JF,Hughes S

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daptomycin is a lipopeptide antibiotic with strong bactericidal effects against Gram-positive bacteria and minor side effects on skeletal muscles. The type and magnitude of the early effect of daptomycin on skeletal muscles of rats was quantified by histopathology, examination of contractile properties, Evans Blue Dye...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kostrominova TY,Hassett CA,Rader EP,Davis C,Larkin LM,Coleman S,Oleson FB,Faulkner JA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemical analysis of muscle specimens from 5 patients with acute quadriplegic myopathy indictes that depletion of either fast or slow myosin occurs in this disorder. The initial lesion consists of focal myosin loss in nonatrophic fibers. Other structural proteins (actin, titin, nebulin) are spared or affecte...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Showalter CJ,Engel AG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Documentation of peripheral nerve demyelination is an important part of the chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) diagnostic process. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of patients referred with a diagnosis of CIDP who were found to have a different condition. Electrodiagnost...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Allen JA,Ney J,Lewis RA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Conduction block (CB) has been included in the Rajabally criteria for axonal Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Because the nerve roots may be affected early in GBS, detection of proximal CB by the triple stimulation technique (TST) can be useful. METHODS:We describe TST findings in 2 patients who presented w...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Taieb G,Grapperon AM,Duclos Y,Franques J,Labauge P,Renard D,Yuki N,Attarian S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Myelinating Schwann cells compartmentalize their outermost layer to form actin-rich channels known as Cajal bands. Herein we investigate changes in Schwann cell architecture and cytoplasmic morphology in a novel mouse model of carpal tunnel syndrome. METHODS:Chronic nerve compression (CNC) injury was crea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gupta R,Nassiri N,Hazel A,Bathen M,Mozaffar T

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by autoantibodies against presynaptic voltage-gated calcium channels that impair neuromuscular transmission. Malignancies, especially small cell lung cancer (SCLC), have been associated with LEMS and account for approximately 60% of cases...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wang C,Chen S,Feng B,Guan Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：:KANDID is an advanced EMG decision support system dedicated to the support of the clinical neurophysiologist during EMG examinations. It has facilities for test planning, automatized and structured data interpretation, EMG diagnosis, explanation, and reporting. In a prospective European multicenter field trial, the ag...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Vingtoft S,Fuglsang-Frederiksen A,Rønager J,Petrera J,Stigsby B,Willison RG,Jarratt JA,Fawcett PR,Schofield IS,Otte G

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cross-sectional area of the fibers of hindlimb muscles of rats increased 10-40 times during the first 6 weeks after birth. Denervation at birth stopped the growth of the muscle fibers. The number of satellite cells decreased, and eventually all fibers vanished. Reinnervation, if any, was poor. Partial denervation ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schmalbruch H

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：:Contractions of rat extensor digitorum longus (EDL, a fast muscle) and soleus (SOL, a slow muscle) muscles of different ages (1-4 weeks) were recorded in vitro with direct stimulation and at different temperatures (range 35-10 degrees C). Twitch tension in 4-week-old EDL muscle increased in cooling from 35 to 20 degre...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wylie SR,Ranatunga KW

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our pilot study tested the feasibility and performance of an eye-controlled power wheelchair for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. METHODS:In this prospective pilot study, participants drove the wheelchair three times around an indoor course. We assessed the time to complete the course; starting...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Elliott MA,Malvar H,Maassel LL,Campbell J,Kulkarni H,Spiridonova I,Sophy N,Beavers J,Paradiso A,Needham C,Rifley J,Duffield M,Crawford J,Wood B,Cox EJ,Scanlan JM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The F-wave was used to estimate motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) along the proximal segment of the fastest axons of the deep peroneal nerve (anterior-horn cells to knee) in 13 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and in 21 age- and sex-matched control subjects. Measurements were based on the shortes...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Argyropoulos CJ,Panayiotopoulos CP,Scarpalezos S

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ideal electrodiagnostic procedure to assess possible plantar neuropathies continues to elude investigators. Motor studies are rarely abnormal, pure sensory studies may be difficult to obtain, needle electromyography can demonstrate membrane instability in normal feet. Mixed nerve plantar studies may be more diagno...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dumitru D,Kalantri A,Dierschke B

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study contrasts the developmental patterns of expression of 2 subtypes of the voltage-dependent sodium channel in rat muscle that are differentiated by their immunoreactivity with monoclonal antibodies raised to the purified muscle sodium channel protein. One subtype is found in the transverse tubular (T) system ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schotland DL,Fieles W,Barchi RL

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a degenerative disease of skeletal, respiratory, and cardiac muscles caused by defects in the dystrophin gene. More recently, brain involvement has been verified. Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress may underlie the pathophysiology of DMD. In this study we ev...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Comim CM,Hoepers A,Ventura L,Freiberger V,Dominguini D,Mina F,Mendonça BP,Scaini G,Vainzof M,Streck EL,Quevedo J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-fiber neuropathy is a common disorder. It is often "idiopathic" and typically presents with painful feet in patients over the age of 60. Autoimmune mechanisms are often suspected, but rarely identified. Known causes of small-fiber neuropathy include diabetes mellitus, amyloidosis, toxins, and inherited sensory a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lacomis D

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the diaphragmatic electromyographic (EMG) recordings from 32 patients with known neuromuscular disease and respiratory symptoms (23 neuropathies, 9 myopathies) to recordings from 23 normal subjects. Turns analysis of 219-ms sections, or epochs, of the EMG demonstrated a significant overlap between diagnost...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： McKeown MJ,Bolton CF

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) are commonly prescribed to individuals with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). The aim of this study was to evaluate patient reported satisfaction with orthotic devices and services in individuals with CMT to provide preliminary data for advancing AFO development and improving clin...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zuccarino R,Anderson KM,Shy ME,Wilken JM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin A is used to treat focal dystonias. Because immunoresistance has been documented in some patients, other molecular forms of the toxin have been evaluated clinically. The present investigation compared the time course and extent of neuromuscular blockade and recovery of botuli...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Billante CR,Zealear DL,Billante M,Reyes JH,Sant'Anna G,Rodriguez R,Stone RE Jr

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jitter after axonal microstimulation in the masseter muscle was studied in 30 consecutive patients (12 women) with myasthenia gravis (MG). Patients' mean age was 42.3 (12-75), median disease duration was 3 months (1-72), and onset was ocular (15 cases), oculobulbar (7), bulbar (6), or generalized (2). There were 23 ne...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Khuraibet AJ,Rousseff RT,Behbehani R,al-Shubaili AF,Khan RA

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder with complex biology and significant clinical heterogeneity. Many preclinical and early phase ALS clinical trials have yielded promising results that could not be replicated in larger phase 3 confirmatory trials. One reason for the lack o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Goyal NA,Berry JD,Windebank A,Staff NP,Maragakis NJ,van den Berg LH,Genge A,Miller R,Baloh RH,Kern R,Gothelf Y,Lebovits C,Cudkowicz M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used peristimulus time histograms (PSTHs) to estimate characteristics of the composite excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) generated at the anterior horn cell by a descending cortical volley induced by subthreshold transcranial magnetic stimuli in 11 normal subjects, 9 patients with DNA-confirmed Kennedy's d...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weber M,Eisen A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipid methylation is thought to modulate such vital cellular processes as calcium transport, receptor function, and membrane microviscosity. As these processes are fundamental to the function of muscle cells and are thought to be altered in disease states, we have characterized several features of phospholipid ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuncl RW,Drachman DB,Kishimoto Y

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) was conducted on familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) patients and asymptomatic carriers of FAP. Vasoconstrictive responses in the 11 FAP patients tested, induced by deep inspiration, were markedly depressed compared with those of the healthy controls. The responses decreased with th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ando Y,Araki S,Shimoda O,Kano T

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) subjects ≥5 years with nonsense mutations were followed for 48 weeks in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ataluren. Placebo arm data (N = 57) provided insight into the natural history of the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and other endpoints. ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： McDonald CM,Henricson EK,Abresch RT,Florence JM,Eagle M,Gappmaier E,Glanzman AM,PTC124-GD-007-DMD Study Group.,Spiegel R,Barth J,Elfring G,Reha A,Peltz S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00