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SUBMITTER: Ma D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5243852 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Delin D Shuler Jeffrey M JM Kumar Aishwarya A Stanford Quincy R QR Tungtur Sudheer S Nishimune Hiroshi H Stanford John A JA
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair 20160924 2
<h4>Background</h4>The use of exercise in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is controversial. Although moderate exercise appears to be beneficial for limb muscles in ALS, the effects of exercise on bulbar muscles such as the tongue have not been studied.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the effects of tongue force training on bulbar motor function in the SOD1-G93A rat model of ALS.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared the effects of tongue force training on bulbar motor function and neuromuscular junction ...[more]