Differences in both inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors between normal and dystrophic skeletal muscle cell lines.

abstract：:Skeletal muscle fibers from dystrophic mice and littermate controls (ReJ-129) were characterized electrically and then injected with an intracellular marker. In this way they could be identified for examination with an electron microscope to correlate the relative time course of electrical and ultrastructural alterati...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kerr LM,Sperelakis N

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The morphological characteristics of skeletal muscles innervated caudal to a spinal cord injury (SCI) undergo dramatic phenotypic and microvascular changes. METHOD:Female Sprague-Dawley rats received a severe contusion at thoracic level 9/10 and were randomly assigned to locomotor training, epidural stimu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kissane RWP,Wright O,Al'Joboori YD,Marczak P,Ichiyama RM,Egginton S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five consecutive patients with clinical symptoms and signs of meralgia paresthetica underwent bilateral somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) studies involving stimulation of skin areas innervated by the lateral and anterior femoral cutaneous nerves of the thighs. The most common abnormality was an absolute lat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cordato DJ,Yiannikas C,Stroud J,Halpern JP,Schwartz RS,Akbunar M,Cook M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a 37-year-old woman with progressive external ophthalmoplegia, peripheral neuropathy, and chronic intractable diarrhea. Laboratory studies disclosed lactic acidosis, ragged red fibers lacking cytochrome c oxidase, high-normal muscular mitochondrial enzymes, demyelinating neuropathy, leukoencepha...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Uncini A,Servidei S,Silvestri G,Manfredi G,Sabatelli M,Di Muzio A,Ricci E,Mirabella M,Di Mauro S,Tonali P

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to define the boundaries of compound motor action potential (CMAP) dispersion, amplitude decay, and area decay in a control population and determine their dependence on external variables such as age and interelectrode distance. Measurements were made from median, ulnar, and common pe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Taylor PK

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with prior poliomyelitis may experience muscle function deterioration decades after onset of disease. The present study is aimed at describing electromyographic and morphometric evidence of muscular compensation and of on-going muscular instability. Ten subjects 42-62 years of age with onset of polio 25-52 ye...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Einarsson G,Grimby G,Stålberg E

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The double-step technique of repetitive nerve stimulation was compared with repetitive nerve stimulation to a distal and a proximal muscle and with single fiber needle electromyography in 10 patients with myasthenia gravis. We conclude that the double-step technique is slightly more sensitive than repetitive nerve sti...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gilchrist JM,Sanders DB

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with adult-onset acid maltase deficiency (Pompe's disease) were examined clinically and with computed tomography (CT). The CT scan showed early and severe involvement of the muscles of trunk and thighs, with selective sparing of the tensor fasciae latae, short head of biceps femoris, gracilis, and sartor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： de Jager AE,van der Vliet TM,van der Ree TC,Oosterink BJ,Loonen MC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with clinical vermiform motor activity, muscle cramps, delayed relaxation of grip, and continuous motor unit discharges who developed mild symmetric symptoms in the upper extremities following a viral infection. Treatment with carbamazepine produced considerable symptomatic improvement. Needle elec...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tandan R,Fries TJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To address the need for greater standardization within the field of electrodiagnostic medicine, the Normative Data Task Force (NDTF) was formed to identify nerve conduction studies (NCS) in the literature, evaluate them using consensus-based methodological criteria derived by the NDTF, and identify those s...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chen S,Andary M,Buschbacher R,Del Toro D,Smith B,So Y,Zimmermann K,Dillingham TR

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bariatric surgical procedures are increasingly common. In this review, we characterize the neurologic complications of such procedures, including their mechanisms, frequency, and prognosis. Literature review yielded 50 case reports of 96 patients with neurologic symptoms after bariatric procedures. The most common pre...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Koffman BM,Greenfield LJ,Ali II,Pirzada NA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density multichannel electromyography (EMG) recordings add spatial information to the temporal information content of the surface EMG (sEMG) signal. This study explores the potential value of such multichannel information at a single motor unit level, in particular for the improvement of motor unit number estimat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Blok JH,Van Dijk JP,Zwarts MJ,Stegeman DF

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We sought to determine the specificity of compound muscle action potential (CMAP) durations and amplitudes in a large critical illness neuromyopathy (CINM) cohort relative to controls with other neuromuscular conditions. METHODS:Fifty-eight patients with CINM who had been seen over a 17-year period were r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kramer CL,Boon AJ,Harper CM,Goodman BP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To collect preliminary data on the effects of mexiletine on cortical and axonal hyperexcitability in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a phase 2 double-blind randomized controlled trial. METHODS:Twenty ALS subjects were randomized to placebo and mexiletine 300 or 600 mg daily for 4 wk and asse...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weiss MD,Macklin EA,McIlduff CE,Vucic S,Wainger BJ,Kiernan MC,Goutman SA,Goyal NA,Rutkove SB,Ladha SS,Chen IA,Harms MB,Brannagan TH,Lacomis D,Zivkovic S,Ma M,Wang LH,Simmons Z,Rivner MH,Shefner JM,Cudkowicz ME,A

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of motor innervation and muscle tension in the posthatching maturation of the slow-tonic anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle of the chicken has been investigated. Modification of the muscle tension was obtained either by maintaining ALD in a shortened state or by stretching, after or without denervation. I...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gardahaut MF,Rouaud TP,Renaud D,Khaskiye A,Le Douarin GH

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This case report focuses on identifying novel mutations in juvenile motor neuron disease and emphasizes the significance of whole exome sequencing (WES). METHODS:We report a 13-year-old Hispanic boy with rapidly progressive weakness, muscle atrophy, tremor, and tongue fasciculation, along with upper motor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Agarwal S,Potocki L,Collier TR,Woodbury SL,Adesina AM,Jones J,Lotze TE

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyographic (EMG) recordings may serve an important role in predicting torque during repetitive activation of paralyzed muscle. We compared the initial M-wave to the subsequent M-waves of the same train under fatigued and recovered conditions in the paralyzed human soleus muscle. Sixteen individuals with chronic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chang YJ,Shields RK

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To delineate change in median nerve size in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), we compared ultrasonograms of nerve cross-sections from patients (201 wrists of 125 women with idiopathic CTS) and controls (200 dominant wrists of 200 women). Major and minor axes, cross-sectional area, and the flattening ratio (major axis/mino...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nakamichi KI,Tachibana S

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：: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：:Three cases of chronic distal sensorimotor neuropathy are described in patients with neurofibromatosis. One had type 2 or central neurofibromatosis with a chromosome 22 deletion; the precise form of the disease was not established in the other two. A striking clinical feature was a diffuse nodular enlargement of the p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thomas PK,King RH,Chiang TR,Scaravilli F,Sharma AK,Downie AW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by progressive muscle degeneration leading to immobility, respiratory failure, and premature death. As chronic inflammation and stress are implicated in DMD pathology, the efficacy of an anti-inflammatory and anti-stress intervention strategy in ameliorati...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Manning J,Buckley MM,O'Halloran KD,O'Malley D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with the autosomal-recessively inherited D90A CuZn-superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD) mutation is characterized by a stereotypic slowly progressive, distinctive phenotype and very slow central motor conduction. To determine the basis of this slowing, we assessed corticomotoneu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weber M,Eisen A,Stewart HG,Andersen PM,Hirota N

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nemaline myopathy is a rare disorder characterized by skeletal muscle weakness of varying severity and onset, with the presence of nemaline rods on muscle biopsy. Congenital nemaline body myopathy due to mutations in TNNT1 has hitherto only been described as a result of a single founder mutation in patient...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Abdulhaq UN,Daana M,Dor T,Fellig Y,Eylon S,Schuelke M,Shaag A,Elpeleg O,Edvardson S

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Full-length tyrosine kinase B (TrkB.FL) and truncated TrkB (TrkB.t1) receptors are colocalized with acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) at the neuromuscular junction. We have recently shown that reduced TrkB expression leads to age-related alterations in AChR structure, neurotransmission failure, and muscle we...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Personius KE,Parker SD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), fat replacement of muscle may be a useful endpoint in trials of therapy, although progression in different muscle groups is uneven. In this study we assessed the progression of fat replacement with T(1) -weighted imaging over 2 9-month periods. METHODS:Eight ambulant,...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hollingsworth KG,Garrood P,Eagle M,Bushby K,Straub V

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the blood level of creatine kinase (CK) is the most commonly used marker of muscle injury, there is marked interindividual variability in this measure. Part of this variability may be attributed to variability in the rate of CK clearance from the circulation. In this study, we assessed the possibility that CK...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Warren GL,O'farrell L,Rogers KR,Billings KM,Sayers SP,Clarkson PM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anterior interosseous nerve syndrome and ulnar neuropathy, paralysis or weakness of the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) muscles has been shown to vary according to the degree of involvement of the median and ulnar nerves, respectively. We traced these nerves in 50 cadaveric specimens in which each FDP was complete...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oh CS,Won HS,Lee KS,Chung IH,Kim SM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insights into how the nervous system functions have often sprung from knowledge of the localization of nervous system diseases. Indeed, the recent rebirth of behavioral neurology has been sparked by new insights into the topography of higher cortical functions. Yet, the localization of disease affecting the peripheral...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sabin TD

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00