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Activity-dependent changes in impulse conduction in a focal nerve lesion

T A Miller1, M C Kiernan, I Mogyoros

  • 1Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.

Brain : a Journal of Neurology
|April 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Activity-dependent axonal hyperpolarization did not cause conduction block in carpal tunnel syndrome patients. Greater amplitude reduction in patients was due to temporal dispersion from nerve compression, not conduction block.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Clinical Neurology

Background:

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome involves median nerve compression.
  • The safety margin for nerve impulse transmission can be affected by focal nerve lesions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if axonal hyperpolarization causes conduction block in cutaneous afferents of patients with focal nerve lesions.
  • To determine the role of activity-dependent conduction block in carpal tunnel syndrome pathophysiology.

Main Methods:

  • Studied 25 patients with focal conduction slowing in the median nerve across the carpal tunnel.
  • Applied conditioning trains of stimuli to assess changes in amplitude and latency of test volleys.
  • Compared changes in patients with those in control subjects under acute compression.

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Main Results:

  • Patients showed greater amplitude reduction and latency increase than controls, but recovery was similar.
  • Changes correlated significantly with the severity of compression neuropathy.
  • Temporal dispersion of the compound sensory volley explained amplitude changes, similar to control subjects.

Conclusions:

  • The increased amplitude depression in carpal tunnel syndrome patients is attributable to temporal dispersion, not activity-dependent conduction block.
  • Activity-dependent conduction block plays a minimal role in the pathophysiology of carpal tunnel syndrome.