Electrical stimulation of transplanted motoneurons improves motor unit formation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 660-670

  Liu, Yang ^a   Grumbles, Robert M ^a   Thomas, Christine K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Muscle force; Muscle reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; INJURIES; INNERVATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS, INBRED F344; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 84905274099     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00806.2013     Document Type: Article

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