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- Title
Electrodiagnostic Examination of the Tibial Nerve in Clinically Normal Ferrets.
- Authors
Bianchi, Ezio; Callegari, Daniela; Ravera, Manuela; Dondi, Maurizio
- Abstract
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 ± 2.75mV, and 13.02 ± 3.41mV. 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.
- Subjects
ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FERRET physiology; TIBIAL nerve; NEURAL conduction; NEURAL stimulation; NEUROMUSCULAR diseases
- Publication
Veterinary Medicine International, 2010, p1
- ISSN
2090-8113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4061/2010/756321