"Muscle Tonus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The state of activity or tension of a muscle beyond that related to its physical properties, that is, its active resistance to stretch. In skeletal muscle, tonus is dependent upon efferent innervation. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D009129
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.427.565
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscle Tonus- Muscle Tonus
- Tonus, Muscle
- Muscle Tightness
- Tightness, Muscle
- Muscular Tension
- Tension, Muscular
- Muscle Tension
- Tension, Muscle
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscle Tonus" by people in Profiles.
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Optical Feedback Control and Electrical-Optical Costimulation of Peripheral Nerves. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Sep; 138(3):451e-460e.
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Estrogen receptor-? and fetoplacental endothelial prostanoid biosynthesis: a link to clinically demonstrated fetal growth restriction. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Oct; 96(10):E1558-67.
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The effect of surgery and severe injury on blood vessels. Physiol Meas. 2002 Nov; 23(4):615-28.
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Temporal effect of severe controlled cortical impact injury in the rat on the myogenic response of the middle cerebral artery. J Neurotrauma. 1998 Nov; 15(11):973-84.
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Botulinum toxin injection for postlaryngectomy tracheoesophageal speech failure. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1995 Dec; 113(6):788-91.
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Interaction between signal transduction pathways contributing to gallbladder tonic contraction. Am J Physiol. 1993 Dec; 265(6 Pt 1):G1082-9.
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Stiff-person syndrome: an autoimmune disease. Mov Disord. 1991; 6(1):12-20.
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A neurological study of hand function of hemiplegic children. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1987 Jun; 29(3):287-304.
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The Z-band lattice in skeletal muscle before, during and after tetanic contraction. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 1986 Dec; 7(6):527-36.
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Spinal cord stimulation for the control of spasticity in patients with chronic spinal cord injury: II. Neurophysiologic observations. Cent Nerv Syst Trauma. 1986; 3(2):145-52.