Motor unit number estimate as a predictor of motor dysfunction in an animal model of type 1 diabetes

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Souayah, Nizar ^a   Potian, Joseph G ^a   Garcia, Carmen C ^a   Krivitskaya, Natalia ^a   Boone, Christine ^a   Routh, Vanessa H ^a   McArdle, Joseph J ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAROD TEST; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL COUNT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOZOCIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69049094052     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00245.2009     Document Type: Article

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