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. 1988 May;51(5):671–676. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.5.671

Short-term stability of single motor unit recordings in motor neuron disease: a macro EMG study.

R J Guiloff 1, H Modarres-Sadeghi 1, E Stålberg 1, H Rogers 1
PMCID: PMC1033073  PMID: 3136230

Abstract

Thirty five individual macro EMG motor unit potentials in 13 patients with motor neuron disease were recorded every 15 minutes during a 2 hour period. No significant change in amplitude or area was seen in 15 control units in nine patients or in 20 units in 11 patients receiving RX77368 0.2-0.3 mg/kg. The findings provide no evidence for an action of this long acting TRH analogue on the peripheral territory of motor units in motor neuron disease.

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