Denervated muscle fibers explain the deficit in specific force following reinnervation of the rat extensor digitorum longus muscle

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1336-1346

  Van Der Meulen, Jack H ^a   Urbanchek, Melanie G ^b   Cederna, Paul S ^b   Eguchi, Tomoaki ^b   Kuzon Jr , William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WOUND CLOSURE; ANIMAL; FISCHER 344 RAT; INNERVATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0141939330     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000081464.98718.E3     Document Type: Article

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