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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2022

Performing In Vivo and Ex Vivo Electrical Impedance Myography in Rodents.

Marie Mortreux, Janice A Nagy, Haowen Zhong, Dong-Min Sung, Holly A Concepcion, Melanie Leitner, Laura Dalle Pazze, Seward B Rutkove

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors.

Marie MortreuxDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; mmortreu@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Janice A NagyDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Haowen ZhongDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Dong-Min SungDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Holly A ConcepcionDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Melanie LeitnerAccelerating NeuroVentures.
Laura Dalle PazzeCharley's Fund.
Seward B RutkoveDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; srutkove@bidmc.harvard.edu.

Funding

Electrical Impedance Myography in an Animal ModelR01NS055099 · NINDS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI RUTKOVE, SEWARD B. · 2007 to 2022
$5.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS055099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is a convenient technique that can be used in preclinical and clinical studies to assess muscle tissue health and disease. EIM is obtained by applying a low-intensity, directionally focused, electrical current to a muscle of interest across a range of frequencies (i.e., from 1 kHz to 10 MHz) and recording the resulting voltages. From these, several standard impedance components, including the reactance, resistance, and phase, are obtained. When performing ex vivo measurements on excised muscle, the inherent passive electrical properties of the tissue, namely the conductivity and relative permittivity, can also be calculated. EIM has been used extensively in animals and humans to diagnose and track muscle alterations in a variety of diseases, in relation to simple disuse atrophy, or as a measure of therapeutic intervention. Clinically, EIM offers the potential to track disease progression over time and to assess the impact of therapeutic interventions, thus offering the opportunity to shorten the clinical trial duration and reduce sample size requirements. Because it can be performed noninvasively or minimally invasively in living animal models as well as humans, EIM offers the potential to serve as a novel translational tool enabling both preclinical and clinical development. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform in vivo and ex vivo EIM measurements in mice and rats, including approaches to adapt the techniques to specific conditions, such as for use in pups or obese animals.

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Muscle, SkeletalMyographyAnimalsDisease ProgressionElectric ImpedanceMiceRatsRodentia

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PMID35758704
PMCPMC9354922

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