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denervate
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de·ner·vate (d-nûrvt)
v.
To deprive an organ or body part of a nerve supply, as by surgically removing or cutting a nerve or by blocking a nerve connection with drugs.
dener·vation n.
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Intercostal motor nerves should be left intact to avoid denervating the muscles medially.
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They also discovered that denervating a regenerating limb before this transition prevents dll from turning on, whereas later denervation does not turn off the gene.
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Thus, if enlarged motor unit potentials are present, the denervating process must have been present for several weeks at least; in patients with slowly progressive disorders, collateral reinnervation can provide such good functional compensation that 80% to 90% of the motor units may be lost before weakness and muscle atrophy supervene.
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