Maturational changes in F waves in growing chickens.
The F waves evoked by supramaximal stimulation of distal tibial nerve were evaluated in chickens aged 2 to 15 weeks. Latency of these potentials increased from mean +/- SD 11.4 +/- 0.12 ms at week 2 to mean 12.88 +/- 0.65 ms at week 15. The F-wave latency increased linearly with age. When this latency was corrected for a standard distance to compensate for the increasing limb length with age, latency decreased with maturity.
Bagley
R S
RS
Department of Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh 27606.
Wheeler
S J
SJ
James
R L
RL
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D009431:Neural Conduction; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation; D013979:Tibial Nerve / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors