Unilateral perforant pathway transection is a method to study how transneuronal degeneration results from denervation in the Central Nervous System.
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In uncooperative patients, the skin wrinkle test offers a pain-free way to identify denervation of the fingers.
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Electromyography ( EMG ) performed 2 to 4 weeks later shows fibrillations and denervation potentials in musculature distal to the injury site.
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After prolonged denervation, it is revealed that resting membrane potential over time is reduced while action potentials progressively decreased and become slower.
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For example, myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that prevents signaling across the neuromuscular junction, which results in functional denervation of muscle.
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Some think the procedure may initially relieve angina because it numbs nerves in the heart, a process known as " denervation ."
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This is the result of denervation, or loss of the signal to contract that is transmitted by the motor neurons in the spinal cord.
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The reason reflexes return is the hypersensitivity of reflex muscles following denervation more receptors for neurotransmitters are expressed and are therefore easier to stimulate.
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This diagnostic procedure can also be therapeutic; the injection of steroids or radiofrequency denervation of the medial branch can be added for refractory cases.
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Denervation affects the muscle activation process that is brought on by the development and propagation of an action potential and the ensuing release of calcium.
