Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a common disorder and presents as diagnostic and
therapeutic challenge to physicians and neurologists. In epidemiological studies from India …

Nutrient deprivation has previously been shown to cause alterations in muscle and nerve
function. Although an effect has never been studied in the neuromusculature of deglutition …

Apoyados en la teoría de la autodeterminación y la teoría de las metas de logro, el objetivo
del presente estudio fue poner a prueba dos modelos que examinan secuencialmente las …

Forty-three children (aged 7 to 62 months) with protein calorie malnutrition (PCM) were
studied; 13 had mild to moderate PCM and 30 severe PCM. A reduction of motor nerve …

Abstract Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), a natural ramification of poverty, continues to be
a perennial source of concern to a large segment of the world population. The developing …

Animals with experimentally induced neuropathies frequently fail to gain weight normally
and appear poorly nourished. To determine whether or not malnutrition alone contributes to …

Motor nerve conduction velocity (MCV) and nerve fibre calibre spectra of peripheral nerves
were determined at different ages, during development in normal and protein-deprived rats …

Knowledge from previous reports that kwashiorkor in man may lead to nerve fibre
degeneration prompted this study on rats. The rats were subjected to severe protein …

The clinical, morphological and biochemical changes in the neuromuscular apparatus which
are the consequences of malnutrition are best considered separately in infants and children …

Zinc-deficient guinea pigs develop a peripheral neuropathy characterized by abnormal
posture and gait, hyperesthesia, slowed motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV), and …