Some ultrastructural observations on the denervated skeletal muscle of frog.
The frog skeletal muscle resists atrophy for a long time after denervation. If, however, the entry of the nerve is prevented for more than 3.5 months, small muscle portions, sometimes containing nucleus, are sequestered from the parent muscle fibre. The basal lamina does not dissociate from these detached muscle portions.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D001284:Atrophy; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011896:Rana temporaria