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  • Front Cover; Peripheral Neuropathies; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. SENSORY ACTION POTENTIALS AND BIOPSY OF THE SURAL NERVE IN NEUROPATHY; FRITZ BUCHTHAL AND FRIEDRICH BEHSE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; MINIMUM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF POLYNEUROPATHY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Part 1: BASIC PROBLEMS IN PERIPHERAL NERVE PATHOLOGY; Chapter 2. FACT AND FANCY IN THE HISTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF DENERVATION; 1. Group atrophy; 2. Type grouping; 3. Small angular dark fibers; 4. Muscles fibers with aberrant enzymatic profile
  • 5. Terminal Innervation Ratio (TIR)CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. HUMAN AND ANIMAL NEUROPATHIES STUDIED IN EXPERIMENTAL NERVE TRANSPLANTS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. ALTERED RATIO BETWEEN AXON CALIBER AND MYELIN THICKNESS IN SURALNERVES OF CHILDREN; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. METHODS OF EMG QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF SUBCLINICAL POLINEUROPATHIES; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6. CUTANEOUS, MUSCULAR AND VISCERAL UNMYELINATED AFFERENT FIBRES : COMPARATIVE STUDYABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; UNMYELINATED CUTANEOUS AFFERENCES; UNMYELINATED MUSCULAR AFFERENTS; Chemical Stimuli; UNMYELINATED VISCERAL AFFERENTS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. NERVE AND MUSCLE CHANGES INDUCED BY REPEATED LOCALIZED FREEZINGS OF THE SCIATIC NERVE IN THE RAT; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS IN RAT SCIATIC NERVE UNDERGOING WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND METHODS; RESULTS
  • CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. NON-SPECIFIC CHOLINESTERASE (Ns. ChE) IN PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES; ABSTRACT; HISTOCHEMISTRY OF CHOLINESTERASES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OF Ns. ChE IN THE MUSCLE; DISTRIBUTION OF Ns. ChE AFTER PERIPHERAL NERVE DAMAGE; Ns. ChE AS AN INDICATOR OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. NEURAL CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Part 2: AXONAL TRANSPORT
  • Chapter 11. THE ROLE OF CALCIUM IN AXOPLASMIC TRANSPORT IN MAMMALIAN NERVE FIBERSINTRODUCTION; The desheathed peroneal nerve preparation; Transport in vitro with and without Ca present in the medium; Increased levels of calcium and microtubules; The regulation of Ca 2+ in the fibers in relation to transport; Metabolism and calcium regulation; A calcium-binding protein in nerve and its possible role in Ca2+ regulation; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 13. AXONAL TRANSPORT AND INTRACELLULAR ORGANIZATION OF SKELETAL AND CONTRACTILE STRUCTURES IN MATURING NEURONS; ABSTRACT