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. 2019 Apr 18;6:37. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0045-2

Table 1.

Summary of skeletal muscle conductivity values reported at 50 kHz.

Model
(strain)
Time point Muscle Direction Conductivity
(S m−1)
Li et al.30 WT (C57Bl/6N) 10 weeks Mouse gastrocnemius L 0.5
T 0.15
ALS (SOD1*G93A) 18 weeks L 0.5
T 0.3
MDX (10ScSn-DMDmdx/J) 10 weeks L 0.7
T 0.4
Epstein et al.31 WT (n.a.) n.a. Canine adductor magnus et brevis L 0.7
T 0.1
Sanchez et al.43 WT (Wistar) 14 weeks Rat gastrocnemius L 0.6
T 0.25
Rush et al.46 WT (Mongrel) 14–30 kg Canine longissimus dorsi, spinalis dorsi et cervicis L 0.35–0.81
T 0.04–0.1
Ahad et al.47 WT (Wistar) 140–160 g Rat immature gastrocnemius L 0.44 ± 0.04
T 0.12 ± 0.01
420–480 g Rat mature gastrocnemius L 0.38 ± 0.02
T 0.15 ± 0.01
ALS (SOD1*G93A) 8 weeks Mouse gastrocnemius L 0.23 ± 0.05
T 0.11 ± 0.03
18 weeks L 0.11 ± 0.02
T 0.10 ± 0.01
D2-mdx (DBA/2-congenic) 6 weeks Mouse gastrocnemius L 0.36 ± 0.03
T 0.24 ± 0.03
10 weeks L 0.37 ± 0.04
T 0.25 ± 0.01
13 weeks L 0.42 ± 0.03
T 0.33 ± 0.02
43 weeks L 0.17 ± 0.01
T 0.11 ± 0.01
This work WT for D2-mdx (DBA/2J) 6 weeks Mouse gastrocnemius L 0.28 ± 0.02
T 0.17 ± 0.01
13 weeks L 0.31 ± 0.04
T 0.26 ± 0.03
43 weeks L 0.27 ± 0.02
T 0.13 ± 0.01
SMA (Smn 2B/2B-Neo) 40 weeks Mouse gastrocnemius L 0.16 ± 0.02
T 0.06 ± 0.01
DB/DB (BKS.Cg-Dock7m +/+ Leprdb/J) 6 weeks Mouse gastrocnemius L 0.31 ± 0.04
T 0.20 ± 0.04
20 weeks L 0.21 ± 0.01
T 0.09 ± 0.02
WT for DB/DB (C57BLKS/J) 6 weeks Mouse gastrocnemius L 0.34 ± 0.02
T 0.20 ± 0.03
20 weeks L 0.33 ± 0.01
T 0.14 ± 0.02
Mice (C57BL/6J) treated with ActRIIB-m Fc 14 weeks Mouse gastrocnemius L 0.34 ± 0.06
T 0.26 ± 0.02

Abbreviations: L, longitudinal; T, transverse; n.a., not available.