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SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY AS CORRELATED TO FIBRE SIZE IN EXPERIMENTAL UNDERNUTRITION IN THE RAT
Author(s) -
SIMA ANDERS,
JANKOWSKA ELZBIETA
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
neuropathology and applied neurobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.538
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1365-2990
pISSN - 0305-1846
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1975.tb00375.x
Subject(s) - nerve conduction velocity , sensory system , sensory nerve , dorsum , anatomy , stimulation , malnutrition , sensory stimulation therapy , biology , medicine , neuroscience
The nerve conduction velocity was examined in sensory dorsal roots of pre‐ and postnatally undernourished and well‐nourished control rats after supramaximal stimulation. Altogether forty‐eight roots were examined: twenty‐four from three undernourished rats 180 days of age, and twenty‐four serving as controls from three well‐nourished rats of the same age. It was found that the fastest sensory nerve conduction velocity was reduced in proportion to the reduction of the thickest myelinated fibres of the dorsal roots in undernourished rats.