Definition of Denervation

1. Noun. (medicine) The removal or blocking of a nerve connection to tissue, such as by surgical or chemical means ¹

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Definition of Denervation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Denervation

1. Removal of nerve supply to a tissue, usually by cutting or crushing the axons. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Denervation

dendrophilia
dendrophobia
dendrophobias
dendrothermal
dendrotoxin
dene
denegate
denegated
denegating
denegation
denegations
denervate
denervated
denervates
denervating
denervation (current term)
denervations
denes
denet
denets
denetted
denetting
dengue
dengue fever
dengue haemorrhagic fever
dengue shock syndrome
dengue virus
dengues
deni
deniabilities

Literary usage of Denervation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"In seven experiments, denervation reduced renal norepinephrine content (P < 0.001) from 0.703 ± 0.052 in the innervated kidney to 0.136 ± 0.008 jug/g wet wt ..."

2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"of the other with denervation or destruction of the medulla of the remaining fragments in cats and dogs). The tabulated results of the experiments record ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"However, denervation of the kidney produces, according to Bindo de Vecchi,26 ... But, even if the denervation alone be able to bring about these results, ..."

4. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"Whereas denervation, by a 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of the nigro-striatal pathway, increased D2A receptor mRNA levels by 53% and receptor level by 38%, ..."

5. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"One knee was immobilized by denervation or by pin fixation, in a manner such that the knee was either weight-bearing or non-weight-bearing. ..."

6. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"denervation caused increase in the number of active glomeruli and entire disappearance of inactive glomeruli. The glomeruli seem to excrete deproteinized ..."

7. The Arris and Gale lectures on the neurology of vision by John Herbert Parsons (1904)
"In other observations made 2 and 318 days after denervation of the sphincter 011 one side, the pupil on the side of the lesion was smaller after the death ..."

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