Dystrophy-specific Alterations in Muscular Potentials under Prolonged Sciatic Stimulation of 5 per Sec in Dystrophic, Dwarf and Their Crossbred Mice

Abstract

Time courses of changes in amplitudes of muscular potentials of gastrocnemius muscles under prolonged sciatic nerve stimulation of 5 per sec were investigated in dystrophic, dwarf and their crossbred mice. In those mice that were classified as dystrophic according to their characteristic features, the amplitudes of muscular potentials changed only slightly, whereas they were depressed to a notable extent in others.