Increased neuromuscular transmission instability and motor unit remodelling with diabetic neuropathy as assessed using novel near fibre motor unit potential parameters

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 794-802

  Allen, Matti D ^a   Stashuk, Daniel W ^b   Kimpinski, Kurt ^c   Doherty, Timothy J ^a,c   Hourigan, Maddison L ^c   Rice, Charles L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition based quantitative electromyography (DQEMG); Denervation; Diabetes mellitus; Neuromuscular junction (NMJ); Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENERVATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WAVEFORM; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84924690370     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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