Electrophysiologic findings and grip strength after nerve injuries in the rat forelimb

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1254-1265

  Wang, Huan ^a,c   Sorenson, Eric J ^b   Spinner, Robert J ^a   Windebank, Anthony J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Grip strength; Peripheral nerve; Rat; Somatosensory evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FORELIMB; GRIP STRENGTH; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RAT; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 53549127286     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20971     Document Type: Article

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