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Electrodiagnostic Examination of the Tibial Nerve in Clinically Normal Ferrets

Tibial nerves of 10 normal domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) were evaluated by means of electrodiagnostic tests: motor nerve conduction studies (MNCSs), supramaximal repetitive nerve stimulation (SRNS), F waves, and cord dorsum potentials (CDPs). Values of conduction velocity, proximal and di...

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Autores principales: Bianchi, Ezio, Callegari, Daniela, Ravera, Manuela, Dondi, Maurizio
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20706690
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/756321
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author Bianchi, Ezio
Callegari, Daniela
Ravera, Manuela
Dondi, Maurizio
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Callegari, Daniela
Ravera, Manuela
Dondi, Maurizio
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description Tibial nerves of 10 normal domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) were evaluated by means of electrodiagnostic tests: motor nerve conduction studies (MNCSs), supramaximal repetitive nerve stimulation (SRNS), F waves, and cord dorsum potentials (CDPs). Values of conduction velocity, proximal and distal compound muscular action potentials, and amplitudes of MNCS were, respectively, 63.25 ± 7.56 m/sec, 10.79 ± 2.75 mV, and 13.02 ± 3.41 mV. Mean decrements in amplitude and area of compound muscular action potentials of wave 9 with low frequency SRNS were 0.3 ± 3.83% and 0.1 ± 3.51%. The minimum latency of the F waves and the F ratio were, respectively, 8.49 ± 0.65 ms and 1.92 ± 0.17. Onset latency of CDP was 1.99 ± 0.03 ms. These tests may help in diagnosing neuromuscular disorders and in better characterizing the hindlimb paresis reported in many ferrets with systemic illnesses.
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spelling pubmed-29137982010-08-12 Electrodiagnostic Examination of the Tibial Nerve in Clinically Normal Ferrets Bianchi, Ezio Callegari, Daniela Ravera, Manuela Dondi, Maurizio Vet Med Int Research Article Tibial nerves of 10 normal domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) were evaluated by means of electrodiagnostic tests: motor nerve conduction studies (MNCSs), supramaximal repetitive nerve stimulation (SRNS), F waves, and cord dorsum potentials (CDPs). Values of conduction velocity, proximal and distal compound muscular action potentials, and amplitudes of MNCS were, respectively, 63.25 ± 7.56 m/sec, 10.79 ± 2.75 mV, and 13.02 ± 3.41 mV. Mean decrements in amplitude and area of compound muscular action potentials of wave 9 with low frequency SRNS were 0.3 ± 3.83% and 0.1 ± 3.51%. The minimum latency of the F waves and the F ratio were, respectively, 8.49 ± 0.65 ms and 1.92 ± 0.17. Onset latency of CDP was 1.99 ± 0.03 ms. These tests may help in diagnosing neuromuscular disorders and in better characterizing the hindlimb paresis reported in many ferrets with systemic illnesses. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2010-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2913798/ /pubmed/20706690 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/756321 Text en Copyright © 2010 Ezio Bianchi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Electrodiagnostic Examination of the Tibial Nerve in Clinically Normal Ferrets
title_fullStr Electrodiagnostic Examination of the Tibial Nerve in Clinically Normal Ferrets
title_full_unstemmed Electrodiagnostic Examination of the Tibial Nerve in Clinically Normal Ferrets
title_short Electrodiagnostic Examination of the Tibial Nerve in Clinically Normal Ferrets
title_sort electrodiagnostic examination of the tibial nerve in clinically normal ferrets
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20706690
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/756321
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