Electrical impedance myography for monitoring motor neuron loss in the SOD1 G93A amyotrophic lateral sclerosis rat

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2505-2511

  Wang, Lucy Lu ^a   Spieker, Andrew J ^a   Li, Jia ^a   Rutkove, Seward B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Biomarker; Electromyography; Motor unit

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MYOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 80855144142     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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