Persistent muscle fiber regeneration in long term denervation. Past, present, future

• Main Authors: Ugo Carraro (Author), Simona Boncompagni (Author), Valerio Gobbo (Author), Katia Rossini (Author), Sandra Zampieri (Author), Simone Mosole (Author), Barbara Ravara (Author), Alessandra Nori (Author), Roberto Stramare (Author), Francesco Ambrosio (Author), Francesco Piccione (Author), Stefano Masiero (Author), Vincenzo Vindigni (Author), Paolo Gargiulo (Author), Feliciano Protasi (Author), Helmut Kern (Author), Amber Pond (Author), Andrea Marcante (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Despite the ravages of long term denervation there is structural and ultrastructural evidence for survival of muscle fibers in mammals, with some fibers surviving at least ten months in rodents and 3-6 years in humans. Further, in rodents there is evidence that muscle fibers may regenerate even afte...