Sensory thresholds for vibrations and electrical shocks and the sensory nerve conduction velocity (median nerve) were measured during 30 minutes of induced limb ischaemia in 10 normal subjects and 15 patients with chronic hepatic failure. Sensory action potentials were recorded simultaneously at the wrist and elbow. Seven patients (group A) had a normal perception time for vibrations. As in nor...

Changes in nerve conduction velocity were found in 94 workers exposed to lead in a battery factory compared with 94 age-matched controls. There was no clinical evidence of nerve damage in the lead workers. The mean blood lead concentration in the 94 lead workers was 2-9 ,umol/l (60 pg/100 ml) and their length of exposure to lead ranged from 6 months to 33 years. All mean maximum motor nerve con...

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of subclinical neuropathy in intensive and conventional treatment groups at completion of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT). Research Design and Methods: We assessed neuropathy using nerve conduction results obtained at DCCT completion after stratifying the DCCT cohort to exclude subjects with progressively less severe degrees of diagnosab...

OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the prevalence of subclinical neuropathy in intensive and conventional treatment groups at completion of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We assessed neuropathy using nerve conduction results obtained at DCCT completion after stratifying the DCCT cohort to exclude subjects with progressively less severe degrees of...

In the short-fibered non-striated probascis retractor of phascolosoma (Golfingia gouldii) , 3 conduction is entirely by intrinsic nerve fibers. Evidence for nerve conduction is: velocity of propagation (1.3 and 0.3 m/second for fast and slow responses, respectively), abundance of nerve fibers, block by nerve-blocking drugs, failure of propagation after nerve degeneration, and detection of nerve...

Motor and sensory conduction velocity in the musculocutaneous nerve were determined in 51 normal subjects. The maximal velocity from the anterior cervical triangle to the axilla was the same in motor and sensory fibres. The conduction velocity decreased 2m/s per 10 years increase of age. It was 70 m/s at 15-24 years and 58 m/s at 65-74 years. The velocity of the slowest components in sensory fi...