Proximal motor neuropathy in the BB-Wistar rat
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In Vivo Electrophysiological Measurement of Compound Muscle Action Potential from the Forelimbs in Mouse Models of Motor Neuron Degeneration
Published on: June 15, 2018
Abstract:
Proximal motor neuropathy is a well-recognized neuropathic complication in human diabetes mellitus, due to microvasculopathic changes. Spontaneously diabetic BB-Wistar rats maintained at a moderate severity of diabetes developed structural proximal motor neuropathy after long-standing diabetes. This was caused by multiple infarcts in the spinal ventral roots. Endoneurial vessels showed occlusions by platelet aggregates and unstriated fibrin, indicative of a hypercoagulability.
