Local compression is known to damage peripheral nerves. Severe compression may
actually crush the fibres and lead to Wallerian degeneration; the excitability of the nerve …

In 1973, after assessing a large group of patients with cervical root lesions (CRLs) and
upper extremity peripheral entrapment neuropathies-either carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) …

Nine patients are described with unilateral wasting of the hand muscles associated with
elongated C7 transverse processes or with rudimentary cervical ribs. In three patients there …

Methods These differed only in detail from those described previously by Dawson and Scott
(1949) and by Dawson (1956). For stimulating the digital nerves, silver strips 2 to 4 mm. wide …

Twelve median and 12 ulnar nerves were obtained at routine autopsies from patients
without known disease of the peripheral nervous system. Enlargement of cross-sectional …

A small pneumatic cuff inflated around the knee was used to produce tourniquet paralysis in
baboons. A cuff pressure of 1,000 mm Hg maintained for one to three hours produced …

Conduction in the lateral popliteal nerve of the baboon was studied during the course of
Wallerian degeneration. Six nerves were examined. In each case the muscle response to …

THE use of a tourniquet around a limb may be followed by damage to peripheral nerves.
This lesion has been investigated experimentally in cats1, 2 and the results suggested that …

Nephropathic cystinosis is a lysosomal storage disorder leading to renal failure by age 10
years. Prolonged patient survival following renal transplantation has allowed the …

Methods All tests were performed in a warm room with the subject lying on a couch and
covered with blankets. In a fewsubjects with cold hands or feet, the limbs to be tested were …