March 1, 1986The Journal of PhysiologyOpen Access

Reinnervation of the lateral gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the rat by their common nerve.

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Population

20 adult rats

Comparison

Sectioning of the common lateral gastrocnemius… vs Normal contralateral muscles and motor units in…

Design

Preclinical

Follow-up

4-14 months

Authors

MGM. Jean GillespieUniversity of Alberta TGT. GordonUniversity of Toronto PMPeter R. MurphyNational University of Ireland, Maynooth

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Implication

Questions muscle-nerve specificity in reinnervation; hypothesis-generating for recovery mechanisms with no clinical implications yet.

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Population

20 adult rats

Intervention

Sectioning of the common lateral gastrocnemius soleus nerve (l.g.s.) and suturing the proximal nerve stump to the dorsal surface of the lateral gastrocnemius muscle

Comparator

Normal contralateral muscles and motor units in untreated animals

Outcome

Contractile properties of the reinnervated lateral gastrocnemius and soleus muscles and their single motor units (time and rate parameters of maximal twitch and tetanic contractions)surrogate

Fast and slow muscles do not show preference for their former nerves during reinnervation, with the resulting force profile reflecting the relative proportions of fast and slow motor units.

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Gillespie et al. (1986) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a897d3240fe6a3effcb0ca1 https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1986.sp016021

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Reinnervation of the lateral gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the rat by their common nerve.

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Reinnervation of the lateral gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the rat by their common nerve.

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Implication

Structured PICO

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