Human Motor Endplate Survival after Chronic Peripheral Nerve Injury.
Ranjan GuptaTyler Robert JohnstonVivian Y ChenLuigi P GonzalesOswald StewardPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
While it is believed that MEP degeneration 6 months post-injury prevents reinnervation, this data details MEP persistence beyond this timepoint along with significant functional recovery after nerve surgery. Accordingly, persistence of MEPs in denervated muscles may predict the extent of functional recovery from nerve repair surgery.