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The Neurapraxic Lesion: A Clinical Contribution to the Study of Trophic Mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

A. J. McComas ,
P. B. Jorgensen  and
A. R. M. Upton
A. J. McComas*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine (Neurology) and the Medical Research Council's Developmental Neurobiology Research Group; McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario
P. B. Jorgensen
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine (Neurology) and the Medical Research Council's Developmental Neurobiology Research Group; McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario
A. R. M. Upton
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine (Neurology) and the Medical Research Council's Developmental Neurobiology Research Group; McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario
*
McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, L8S 4J9, Ontario, Canada.
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Four patients with neurapraxic lesions are described; in spite of the absence of impulse activity in muscle fibers no other signs of denervation could be detected. These observations are interpreted as indirect evidence for the role o f a non-impulsive (axoplasmic flow) system in certain trophic phenomena. The relationship of the present findings to the spectrum of neuropathic lesions is considered.

Type
Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , August 1974 , pp. 170 - 179
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1974

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