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What does denervation mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) The removal or blocking of a nerve connection to tissue, such as by surgical or chemical means
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Muscles biopsies also showed scattered atrophy consistent with the process of denervation.
Electrophysiological examination showed evidence of chronic partial denervation and reinnervation only in the upper limb segments.
The direct effect on the contractile elements is neither antagonized by adrenergic blocking agents nor prevented by vascular denervation.
Our patient has paralysis of the axillaris nerve with total denervation of the deltoid, with no hope of re-innervation.
For cases where the etiology cannot be determined, ilio-inguinal nerve block or microsurgical denervation may relieve the pain.
Additional evidence for ongoing denervation of UA muscle in OSA is provided by the significant increase in sarcolemmal N-CAM staining.

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