Proximal conduction block in the pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

abstract：:The objectives of this study were 1) to determine the degree to which soleus motoneurons find their appropriate target following crush and transection injuries to the sciatic nerve, and 2) to determine whether repair of a transected nerve with a silicone tube leads to greater specificity of reinnervation and recovery ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bodine-Fowler SC,Meyer RS,Moskovitz A,Abrams R,Botte MJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to determine the patterns of responses for the electromyographic (EMG) amplitude vs. oxygen uptake ( V̇O2 ) relationships from muscles of the quadriceps femoris and hamstrings during incremental treadmill running. METHODS:Twelve men volunteered to perform an incremental test to e...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Camic CL,Kovacs AJ,Enquist EA,McLain TA,Hill EC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), knowledge about the pattern of treatment response in a wide spectrum of muscle groups, distal as well as proximal, after intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) initiation is lacking. METHODS:Hand-held dynamometry data of 11 upper and lower limb muscles, from 47 patients wi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bakers JNE,van Eijk RPA,van den Berg LH,Visser-Meily JMA,Beelen A

更新日期：2021-01-26 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：:We report an 18-month-old Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A) patient who developed a rapid-onset neuropathy, with proximal and distal weakness, and non-uniform nerve conduction studies. The neuropathy responded well to immunomodulation, confirming the coexistence of an inherited and an inflammatory neuropathy. Unexpe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Marques W Jr,Funayama CA,Secchin JB,Lourenço CM,Gouvêa SP,Marques VD,Bastos PG,Barreira AA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In muscle of whole animals, pituitary growth hormone, the thyroid hormones, and insulin are major growth-promoting hormones, and the glucocorticoids have significant catabolic actions. At the cellular level the primary anabolic hormones for cultured myoblasts are the somatomedins (insulin-like growth factors) and fibr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Florini JR

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：:Variable-frequency stimulation trains (VFTs) that take advantage of the catchlike property of skeletal muscle have been shown to augment the force production of fatigued muscles compared with constant-frequency trains (CFTs). The present study is the first to report the force augmentation produced by VFTs after fatigu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Binder-Macleod SA,Lee SC,Russ DW,Kucharski LJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Muscle growth and regeneration are processes closely associated with proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis of muscle cells. Death-associated protein 1 (DAP1) has been identified as a negative regulator of autophagy. Little is known about the function of DAP1 in the regulation of myogenesis and sate...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Shin J,McFarland DC,Strasburg GM,Velleman SG

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of a recently described point mutation of the ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) gene was investigated in a population of 154 German patients with motor neuron disease (MND). Twenty-two percent of the patients were heterozygous, 2% homozygous for the CNTF mutation. Since the gene defect is per se not lin...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Giess R,Goetz R,Schrank B,Ochs G,Sendtner M,Toyka K

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:We reviewed results of immunotherapy in patients with demyelinating motor neuropathy (DMN), and found that patients over 50 years of age at onset responded poorly, and younger patients responded variably to intervention. We suggest that patients with DMN be given a guarded prognosis, particularly if >50 years of age a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Markson L,Janzen D,Bril V

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We describe the nerve ultrasound findings in patients with type II diabetes mellitus who have neuropathic symptoms and signs. METHODS:Fifty-five healthy controls and 44 diabetic patients underwent clinical, sonographic, and electrophysiological evaluation. Patients were studied at a mean of 14.3 years aft...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pitarokoili K,Kerasnoudis A,Behrendt V,Labedi A,Ayzenberg I,Gold R,Yoon MS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cranial muscle fasciculations may be difficult to detect in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Ultrasound (US) detection of fasciculations in these muscles may have clinical utility. METHODS:Patients with suspected ALS were prospectively enrolled. Nerve conduction studies, needle electromyography (EMG),...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： O'gorman CM,Weikamp JG,Baria M,Van Den Engel-Hoek L,Kassardjian C,Van Alfen N,Boon AJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the contribution of lower motor neuron (LMN) and upper motor neuron (UMN) dysfunction to weakness and impaired motor control in 27 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Isometric strength was measured by dorsiflexor maximum voluntary contraction force (MVC). LMN ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kent-Braun JA,Walker CH,Weiner MW,Miller RG

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have devised a method of sensory nerve conduction in the interdigital nerves of the foot using the near-nerve needle and signal averaging techniques. In 40 normal controls between the ages of 20 and 59, there was no difficulty in recording sensory compound nerve action potential (CNAP) in the various interdigital n...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oh SJ,Kim HS,Ahmad BK

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose immunoglobulins for intravenous administration (IVIg) have originally been developed for substitution therapy in hypogammaglobulinemia. Over the last decade they are increasingly used in the treatment of immune-mediated diseases. In this review the results in immune-mediated neuromuscular diseases are summar...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： van der Meché FG,van Doorn PA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large muscle genes are often sequenced using complementary DNA (cDNA) made from muscle messenger RNA (mRNA) to reduce the cost and workload associated with sequencing from genomic DNA. Two potential barriers are the availability of a frozen muscle biopsy, and difficulties in detecting nonsense mutations due to nonsens...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Waddell LB,Monnier N,Cooper ST,North KN,Clarke NF

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM), characterized by severe hypotonia, weakness, respiratory distress, and early mortality, is rare and natural history studies are few. METHODS:RECENSUS is a multicenter chart review of male XLMTM patients characterizing disease burden and unmet medical needs. Data were ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Beggs AH,Byrne BJ,De Chastonay S,Haselkorn T,Hughes I,James ES,Kuntz NL,Simon J,Swanson LC,Yang ML,Yu ZF,Yum SW,Prasad S

更新日期：2018-04-01 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:Upper motor neuron disorders are believed to leave the peripheral nervous system (PNS) intact. In this study we examined whether there is evidence of PNS involvement in spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS:Twelve subjects with chronic low cervical or thoracic SCI were included prospectively. Needle electromy...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tankisi H,Pugdahl K,Rasmussen MM,Clemmensen D,Rawashdeh YF,Christensen P,Krogh K,Fuglsang-Frederiksen A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Autosomal dominant haploinsufficiency of GATA2 causes monocytopenia and natural killer cell lymphopenia, resulting in predisposition to mycobacterial, fungal, and viral infections. METHODS:Herein we report on the clinical, serologic, electrophysiologic, and pathologic evaluations of a 29-year-old woman wi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kazamel M,Klein CJ,Benarroch EE,Patnaik MM,Tracy JA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) may be associated with structural lesions or anatomical variations at the wrist, especially in patients whose symptoms are more severe in, or limited to, the nondominant hand. The aims of this study were to identify the type and frequency of structural abnormalities and anatomica...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chompoopong P,Preston DC

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate in control subjects the effect of imagery training on the torque of plantar-flexor muscles of the ankle. Twenty-nine subjects were allocated to one of three groups that performed either imagery training, low-intensity strength training, or no training (only measurements). The l...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zijdewind I,Toering ST,Bessem B,Van Der Laan O,Diercks RL

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We evaluated anatomic variations of distal branches of the superficial fibular sensory nerve electrophysiologically. METHODS:Orthodromic nerve conduction studies (NCS) of the first and third branches (M-I, M-III) of the medial dorsal cutaneous nerve and the fourth and fifth branches (I-IV, I-V) of the int...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hemmi S,Kurokawa K,Nagai T,Kushida R,Okamoto T,Murakami T,Sunada Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the gene expression of proteins related to myostatin (MSTN) signaling during skeletal muscle longitudinal growth. To promote muscle growth, Wistar male rats were submitted to a stretching protocol for different durations (12, 24, 48, and 96 hours). Following this protocol, soleus weight a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Aoki MS,Soares AG,Miyabara EH,Baptista IL,Moriscot AS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with previous polio were studied. The concentration of energy-related metabolites and energy charge was measured from the vastus lateralis muscle, as was isometric muscle strength of knee extension. Cross-sectional area of the quadriceps femoris muscle was calculated from magnetic resonance imaging. Re...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nordgren B,Falck B,Stålberg E,Ronquist G,Waldenström A,Ahlström H,Hemmingson A

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The muscle-specific helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription factors myoD, myogenin, MRF4, and myf-5 are called the muscle regulatory factor family (MRF). Levels of MRFs are strongly regulated by muscle electrical activity and are thought to control downstream genes that are important for muscle phenotype such as the acet...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Carlsen H,Gundersen K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nerve enlargement (NE) is described in inflammatory and inherited neuropathies. It is commonly multifocal and moderate in the former and homogeneous and generalized in the latter. We describe 4 cases of massive NE in inflammatory neuropathies. METHODS:Patients presented with symptoms of polyneuropathy tha...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Grimm A,Schubert V,Axer H,Ziemann U

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case reports and open-label studies suggest that coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) treatment may have beneficial effects in mitochondrial disease patients; however, controlled trials are warranted to clinically prove its effectiveness. Thirty patients with mitochondrial cytopathy received 1200 mg/day CoQ(10) for 60 days in a r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Glover EI,Martin J,Maher A,Thornhill RE,Moran GR,Tarnopolsky MA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00