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Science 25 November 1977:
Vol. 198. no. 4319, pp. 839 - 841
DOI: 10.1126/science.918666
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Science, Vol 198, Issue 4319, 839-841
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Degenerating nerve fiber products do not alter physiological properties of adjacent innervated skeletal muscle fibers

TN Tiedt, EX Albuquerque, and L Guth

Partial denervation of rat extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles resulted in the appearance of denervated and innervated surface muscle fibers lying adjacent to one another. The denervated muscle fibers showed the typical signs of denervation while the innervated muscle fibers were similar to those of control muscles. We conclude that denervated fibers do not induce substantial physiological changes in adjacent innervated muscle fibers.




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