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denervation
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denervation /de·ner·va·tion/ (de″ner-va´shun) interruption of the nerve connection to an organ or part.
denervation [de″ner-va´shun]
interruption of the nerve connection to an organ or part.

denervation (de´nurvā´shn),
n the sectioning or removal of a nerve to interrupt the nerve supply to a part.

denervation
interruption of the nerve connection to an organ or part.

denervation atrophy
reduction in muscle fiber diameter as a result of discontinuation of nerve supply; always accompanied by paralysis; also called neurogenic atrophy.


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Long-term use can cause reversible denervation atrophy in the injected muscles.
[52] From approximately 1950 to 1980, three major theories explained the variability of glottic configuration in URLNP: (1) Wagner-Grossman's theory of CT activity, (2) the existence of extralaryngeal motor branches of the RLN that make injury variable according to the extralaryngeal configuration and the level of the damage, and (3) denervation atrophy and fibrosis of laryngeal muscles.
 
 
 
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