The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 54, 167-169,
Copyright, 1931, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
NERVE ENDINGS IN NUTRITIONAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY IN GUINEA PIGS
W. M. Rogers Ph.D.1,
A. M. Pappenheimer M.D.1, and
Marianne Goettsch Ph.D.1
1 From the Departments of Anatomy and Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York
The nutritional muscle dystrophy of guinea pigs and rabbits is primarily a degeneration of the muscle fibers and is not associated with visible alterations of the peripheral nerves or their motor terminals.
Submitted on April 1, 1931