Skeletal muscle reinnervation by reduced axonal numbers results in whole muscle force deficits

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2003-2009

  Cederna, Paul S ^a   Youssef, Mohammad Khaled H ^a   Asato, Hirotaka ^a   Urbanchek, Melanie G ^a   Kuzon Jr , William M ^a  

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0034097189     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200005000-00014     Document Type: Article

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