Key changes in denervated muscles and their impact on regeneration and reinnervation

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1796-1809

  Wu, Peng ^a,b,d   Chawla, Aditya ^a,e   Spinner, Robert J ^a   Yu, Cong ^b   Yaszemski, Michael J ^a   Windebank, Anthony J ^a   Wang, Huan ^a,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Key Laboratory of Peripheral Nerve and Microsurgery   (China)

^d THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Denervation; Fibrillation potential; Gene expression; Maximal isometric force; Muscle fiber conduction velocity; Muscle fiber diameter; Nerve regeneration; Neural regeneration; Neuromuscular junction; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; MESSENGER RNA; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; MYOGENIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIBRILLATION POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC FORCE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEEDLE ELECTRODE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; TIME; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84908616476     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.143424     Document Type: Review

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