Spontaneous recovery of muscle following partial denervation.
Spontaneous recovery of muscle following partial denervation.
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部分去神经支配后肌肉的自发恢复。
DOI:
10.1152/ajplegacy.1946.145.4.587
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发表时间:
1946
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通讯作者:
M. Edds
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作者:
P. Weiss;M. Edds
MATERIALS AND METHODS. All experiments were done with the sciatic plexus of white rats (150-300 grams). Of the spinal nerves contributing to the sciatic nerve, L5 is usually the strongest and rather constant in size. L4 and LG are shared between the sciatic and the lumbar and pudendal plexuses, respectively, and their contributions are more variable. The animals were operated and biopsied in pairs. To offset the size variations in the lumbar nerves, pairs of animals were selected in which the relative contributions of the three roots to the sciatic plexus were similar. The plexus was approached through a paramedian incision from the third lumbar to the third sacral vertebrae, severing the attachments of the abdominal muscles to the lumbo-dorsal fascia and the ilium. By separating fibers of the iliacus and psoas major muscles and retracting the ilium dorsally, the entire left sacral plexus was exposed without removing any bone or muscle tissue. The chosen nerves were then identified, transected and capped with a solution of methylmethacrylate in acetone to prevent regeneration (Edds, 1945). In a few animals, the partially denervated plantar extensors were deprived of the antagonistic action of the dorsi-flexors by cutting the peroneal nerve at the knee.The animals were biopsied from 8 to 120 days after the operation. Under nembutal anesthesia, the maximum isometric tensions of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles (tibia1 innervation) and of the tibialis anticus and extensor digitorum longus muscles (peroneal innervation) of both the operated and contralateral control leg were determined kymographically. In order to preserve circulation, only the tendons and the origins of the muscles were exposed. Indirect stimulation was applied from the tibia1 and peroneal nerves above the knee. For direct stimulation, the muscle was pierced with two needle electrodes at its origin and insertion. After the recordings, the following muscles, experimental and controls, were dissected and weighed: Mm. gastrocnemius lateralis, gastrocnemius medialis, plantaris, soleus, tibialis anticus and extensor digitorum longus. The soleus muscles were then fixed under even tension in chrome-sublimate solution, sectioned transversally a# nd stained in Mallory’s phosphotungstic acid hematoxylin or azan connective tissue stain. The motor nerves to the soleus muscles were fixed in osmic acid vapor for cross sections to show the ratio of degenerated to intact nerve fibers. Finally, the operated sacral plexus was re-exposed as a check of both the completeness of the original operation and any possible abnormalities in the distribution of the plexus components.