A new system and paradigm for chronic stimulation of denervated rat muscle

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-92

  Willand, Michael P ^a   Lopez, Juan Pablo ^a   de Bruin, Hubert ^a   Fahnestock, Margaret ^a   Holmes, Michael ^a   Bain, James R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic electro stimulation; Denervated muscle; Electrical muscle stimulator; Electrophysiology; Muscle atrophy; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC ELECTRO STIMULATION; DENERVATED MUSCLE; ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATOR; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE REPETITION RATE; RATS;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; STIMULATOR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79959658251     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.828     Document Type: Article

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