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ArticleMuscle & nerve2009

Noninvasive model of sciatic nerve conduction in healthy and septic mice: reliability and normative data.

Marcin F Osuchowski, James Teener, Daniel Remick

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Article in Muscle & nerve, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marcin F OsuchowskiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
James Teener
Daniel Remick
Boston University · USLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology · ATUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Proj.4: Brain ResponseP01GM067189 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI REMICK, DANIEL G. · 2005 to 2007
$3.8M
Role of Cytokines in Sepsis and TraumaR01GM082962 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI REMICK, DANIEL G. · 2009 to 2012
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM 67189NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM067189NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM082962
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuromuscular disorders frequently complicate sepsis and other critical illnesses in patients. Mice are the major species used as a model for sepsis. Nerve conduction studies (NCS), the primary tool for noninvasive assessment of nerve and muscle function, is challenging to perform in small animals. A reliable method for noninvasive, repeated NCS testing has not been reported in mice. We developed and validated a method for the repeated measurement of mouse sciatic nerve conduction in normal and septic mice. Our sedated and awake NCS system enabled minimally invasive long-term repeated measurements. The mean compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitude and latency were 17.4 mV and 1.11 ms, respectively (n = 59). There was an excellent intertester reproducibility by linear regression in both normal (r = 0.95) and septic (r = 0.98) mice. We also showed significant, time-dependent isoflurane-induced CMAP suppression in all animals, which was further exacerbated in septic mice. This study provides a new tool for the assessment of peripheral nerve/muscle function in mouse neuromuscular disease models that require repeated, long-term, and minimally invasive monitoring.

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Action PotentialsAnesthesia, InhalationAnesthetics, InhalationAnimalsCecumElectromyographyEvoked PotentialsFemaleIsofluraneLigationMiceMice, Inbred ICRNeural ConductionReference ValuesReproducibility of ResultsSciatic NerveAnesthetics, InhalationIsoflurane

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PMID19618431
PMCPMC3675792
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