Population
Cat triceps surae muscles
Comparison
Achilles tenotomy or denervation vs Normal muscles
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
3-10 weeks
Authors
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Muscle atrophy after tenotomy proceeds without EMG or twitch changes; leaves open separate pathways from denervation effects.
Tenotomy in cat hind limb muscles causes marked atrophy without changing EMG activity or contractile properties, whereas denervation prolongs twitch time.
P. G. Nelson (1969) studied this question.
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