Table 3 Muscle Weight, Number of Motor Units, Single Twitch and Maximal Tetanic Tension, expressed as a % ratio, of the operated to the control side, in the soleus, in the four age groups tested. Axotomy has been performed in P2, in all cases.
From: Magnesium administration provokes motor unit survival, after sciatic nerve injury in neonatal rats
Soleus Operated / Control side % | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Single Twitch | Tet-100 | Motor Units | Muscle Weight |
Adult | 16.80 | 12.44 | 49.87 | 10.60 |
|  | ± 3.03 | ± 0.97 | ± 6.73 | ± 2.62 |
Adult-Mg | 87.34 | 97.00 | 80.56 | 38.88 |
|  | ± 21.06 | ± 11.33 | ± 4.34 | ± 5.25 |
P28 | 107.21 | 67.39 | 62.77 | 45.19 |
|  | ± 53.62 | ± 39.21 | ± 8.87 | ± 6.29 |
P28-Mg | 94.10 | 91.45 | 86.67 | 64.07 |
|  | ± 25.80 | ± 15.09 | ± 5.65 | ± 7.22 |
P21 | 101.74 | 79.00 | 71.37 | 48.80 |
|  | ± 17.13 | ± 14.34 | ± 5.45 | ± 6.44 |
P21-Mg | 93.49 | 77.01 | 93.74 | 58.08 |
|  | ± 29.14 | ± 25.63 | ± 6.61 | ± 29.92 |
P14 | 90.38 | 81.96 | 89.67 | 60.91 |
|  | ± 22.35 | ± 13.56 | ± 6.41 | ± 16.43 |
P14-Mg | 89.40 | 92.12 | 49.87 | 66.11 |
|  | ± 8.04 | ± 11.15 | ± 6.73 | ± 13.19 |