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denervate
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denervate [dē′nər‚vāt]
(medicine)
To interfere with or cut off the nerve supply to a part of the body, or to remove a nerve; may occur by excision, drugs, or a disease process.


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Evidence for the use of injections (eg, corticosteroid, botulinum toxin), prolotherapy, intradiscal electrothermal therapy, and radiofrequency denervation as intervention is presented and two recommendations are made.
The study conducted on mice showed that des-acyl ghrelin has a direct anti-atrophic activity on the skeletal muscle of mice with muscular atrophy caused by either denervation (nerve injury) or fasting.
Background: Lung transplantation involves vagal nerve interruption resulting in sensory airway denervation and impairment of the cough reflex.
 
 
 
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