Chanaud CM, Pratt CA, Loeb GE. A multiple-contact EMG recording array for mapping single muscle unit territories.
J Neurosci Methods 1987;
21:105-12. [PMID:
3682870 DOI:
10.1016/0165-0270(87)90108-7]
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Abstract
The glycogen-depletion technique has become a well-established method for determining histologically the cross-sectional distribution of a single muscle unit. A major drawback of this method is its low yield of one depleted unit per experiment. Furthermore, this technique is particularly unsuited for determining the longitudinal distribution of single muscle units in long, broad muscles because of the formidable serial sectioning job that would be required. Our alternative, electrophysiological method utilizes a multiple-contact, two-dimensional EMG recording array to map efficiently the cross-sectional and longitudinal distributions of numerous single muscle units in anatomically diverse muscles. Additionally, architectural information on muscle fiber lengths, end-plate locations, motor subunit (MSU) arrangements and muscle conduction velocities can be determined.
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