Correlation of single-breath count test and neck flexor muscle strength with spirometry in myasthenia gravis.

abstract：:A new combined stain for the simultaneous demonstration of motor nerve terminals and cholinesterase at neuromuscular junctions is described. It employs bromoindoxyl acetate dye-staining for cholinesterase and silver-gold impregnation for nerve terminals. The clarity and reliability of the stain permit quantitative mea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pestronk A,Drachman DB

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Measurement precision and accuracy of spinal reflexes plays an essential role in the clinical neurological examination. Reflexes are conventionally assessed either electromyographically or with rating scales. In this study we compared objective kinematic T-reflex and subjective assessments of patellar refl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dafkin C,Green A,Kerr S,Veliotes D,McKinon W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of effective therapy for many of the chronic neuromuscular diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, hereditary motor sensory neuropathy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease), spinocerebellar degenerations and idiopathic polyneuropathy has led to a search for substances that may stimulate peripheral nerve regen...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bradley WG

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disappointing functional recovery following peripheral nerve repair can be improved by neurotrophic growth factors. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is unique in that it has independent neurotrophic and myotrophic actions. The aim of this study was to explain this finding by establishing the existence of anterograde a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bennett TM,Dowsing BJ,Austin L,Messina A,Nicola NA,Morrison WA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In preparation for clinical trials we examine the validity, reliability, and patient understanding of the Myotonic Dystrophy Health Index (MDHI). METHODS:Initially we partnered with 278 myotonic dystrophy type-1 (DM1) patients and identified the most relevant questions for the MDHI. Next, we used factor a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Heatwole C,Bode R,Johnson N,Dekdebrun J,Dilek N,Heatwole M,Hilbert JE,Luebbe E,Martens W,Mcdermott MP,Rothrock N,Thornton C,Vickrey BG,Victorson D,Moxley R 3rd

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Exercise intolerance and undue fatigue are common complaints in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. Reduced physical ability is due directly to the disease, but it is also due to physical deconditioning. The aim of this study was to test whether 24 weeks of interval-training exercise (ITE) cycling can sig...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： El Mhandi L,Millet GY,Calmels P,Richard A,Oullion R,Gautheron V,Féasson L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to clarify the morphologic variations of the Martin-Gruber anastomosis (MGA) by tracing the anastomotic fascicles. We used 102 upper limbs, and MGA was found in 39.2%. Among 12 instances of MGA between the branches innervating the flexor digitorum profundus muscle, eight anastomotic branches solely in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lee KS,Oh CS,Chung IH,Sunwoo IN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Few data are available to quantify the risks and benefits of microvascular decompression (MVD) in elderly patients with hemifacial spasm. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients >65 years of age and 104 younger patients who underwent MVD for hemifacial spasm (HFS) over a 3-year period were analyzed retrospectively ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sekula RF Jr,Frederickson AM,Arnone GD,Quigley MR,Hallett M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare disorder that can present with muscle symptoms that mimic other neuromuscular diseases. METHODS:We report the case of a 43-year-old woman with chronic muscle aches, tightness, and stiffness with hypertrophied, well-defined muscles despite physical inactivity, and thic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Whitlock JB,Dimberg EL,Selcen D,Rubin DI

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-protein isoform expression in hereditary dystrophic chicken skeletal muscle was compared with that in normal chicken muscle during postnatal development by immunocytochemical and immunoblot methods. In the pectoralis muscle (PM) of both normal and dystrophic chicken, slow- and fast-type C-proteins were coexpressed i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Obinata T,Shinbo K

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small-scale procedure for preparing tightly coupled intact skeletal muscle mitochondria from myodystrophic (myd/myd) mice is described. Mitochondrial preparations derived from heart, liver, and skeletal muscle of myd/myd and their littermate (+/?) controls are characterized with respect to their cytochrome content a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lee CP,Martens ME,Jankulovska L,Neymark MA

更新日期：1979-09-01 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：:Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a chronic, immune-mediate, peripheral myelinopathy. Inherent in its name, MMN implies involvement of two or more motor nerves. We report three patients with weakness and partial motor conduction block restricted to a single nerve and localized to sites that are not at risk for entr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Felice KJ,Goldstein JM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Repetitive loading of the low back tissues induces tension relaxation with a corresponding variation in the myoelectric response of the neuromuscular system, which may influence low back health. The purpose of this study was to observe trunk muscle activities before and after a passive cyclic trunk flexion...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Olson MW

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in CLCN1, the gene encoding the ClC-1 chloride channel in skeletal muscle, lead to myotonia congenita. The effects on the intramembranous channel forming domains have been investigated more than that at the intracellular C-terminus. We have performed a mutation screen involving the whole CLCN1 gene of patien...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chen L,Schaerer M,Lu ZH,Lang D,Joncourt F,Weis J,Fritschi J,Kappeler L,Gallati S,Sigel E,Burgunder JM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little attention has been paid to small-fiber dysfunction in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) although its symptoms are common. This study investigates vasomotor dysfunction, which is controlled by small nerve fibers, in patients with CTS compared with control subjects. Vasomotor function was quantified by measuring, with...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wilder-Smith EP,Fook-Chong S,Chew SE,Chow A,Guo Y

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polylysines, polyornithine, and protamine increased the release of creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) from frog muscles. With 5 micrograms/ml (50 nM) of a polylysine of molecular weight 100,000, enzyme release reached peak values (ten-fold above control) within 30 minutes; subsequent removal of the p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Suarez-Kurtz G

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that the muscle fiber lysosome system plays a central role in the increased formation of autophagosomes and autolysosomes that occurs in the context of chloroquine-induced myopathy. The goal of this study was to characterize the contribution of receptor-mediated intracellular transport, partic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Masuda T,Ueyama H,Nakamura K,Jikumaru M,Toyoshima I,Kumamoto T

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:In normal skeletal muscle, prolonged stimulation results in some cellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) being converted to adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and then deaminated to inosine monophosphate (IMP). Here, we investigate whether the build-up of IMP contributes to muscle fatigue and also determine what happens if A...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Blazev R,Lamb GD

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We evaluated diagnostic value of sensory tests during recovery from iatrogenic sensory neuropathy using intraoperatively verified nerve injury with subjective symptoms as gold standard. METHODS:Inferior alveolar nerves were monitored neurophysiologically throughout mandibular osteotomy in 19 patients. Sen...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Teerijoki-Oksa T,Forssell H,Jääskeläinen SK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of collagen types I, III, and V and fibronectin was investigated by means of immunofluorescent techniques in denervated and normal rat skeletal muscle. During a period of 28 days, a distinct atrophy developed in the denervated gastrocnemius muscle and was accompanied by an increase in types I and III ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Salonen V,Lehto M,Kalimo M,Penttinen R,Aro H

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We describe a novel, clinically applicable conduction study of the laryngeal nerves. METHODS:Seventeen normal volunteer subjects were included. Activation of the sensory territory of the superior laryngeal nerve was performed by administration of low level brief electrical stimuli. The laryngeal closure r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Carey B,Sulica L,Wu A,Branski R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult skeletal muscle fibers are among the few cell types that are truly multinucleated. Recently, evidence has accumulated supporting a role for the modulation of myonuclear number during muscle remodeling in response to injury, adaptation, and disease. These studies have demonstrated that muscle hypertrophy is assoc...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Allen DL,Roy RR,Edgerton VR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases involving chronic inflammation can lead to prolonged exposure of skeletal muscle to inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), which may contribute to the skeletal muscle weakness seen in these conditions. In this study we examined the effect of a prolonged exposure to TNFalpha on ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： van Kann LN,Bakker AJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of an in-home expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) program on pulmonary, swallow, and cough function in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:EMST was tested in a prospective, single-center, double-blind, randomized, contr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Plowman EK,Tabor-Gray L,Rosado KM,Vasilopoulos T,Robison R,Chapin JL,Gaziano J,Vu T,Gooch C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiologic detection of the first signs of gastrocnemius muscle reinnervation shows that after a single localized freezing of the rat sciatic nerve, isaxonine does not significantly increase the rate of axonal regeneration. However, this drug does significantly enhance axonal sprouting, as it induces an increa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pecot-Dechavassine M,Mira JC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal myositis is a rare inflammatory pseudotumor of skeletal muscle which usually has a benign course. We report a 56-year-old woman with a painful mass in the left arm with a radial nerve palsy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the left arm showed a mass in the triceps muscle that was suggestive of a soft-tissue ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alzagatiti BI,Bertorini TE,Horner LH,Maccarino VS,O'Brien T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frog muscles bathed in solutions equilibrated with 0.5%-2.0% halothane develop large contractures when cooled to 2-4 degrees C. These halothane-cooling contractures (HCC) are dose dependent and reproducible; they are potentiated by lidocaine (5 mM), abolished by procaine (5 mM), and partially inhibited by procainamide...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Suarez-Kurtz G,Sudo RT

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00