Tae Chung1, Yanli Tian, Jeremy Walston, Ahmet Hoke. 1. From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (TC, YT); Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (JW); and Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (TC, AH).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Age-associated skeletal muscle weakness is a major contributing factor to an increased late life mortality and morbidity, but its neurobiology is poorly understood. Previously, we provided histological evidence of dying-back axonal degeneration of motor neurons and denervation of neuromuscular junctions in age-associated muscle weakness. Given this, we aimed to evaluate the relation between impaired neuromuscular transmission and various aspects of age-associated muscle weakness. DESIGN: We compared two electrophysiological measures, single-fiber jitter and compound motor action potential in mice of different age groups, and correlated them with various physical performance measures, such as grip strength, standing and walking time, and treadmill performance. RESULTS: Consistent with our previous histological data, single-fiber jitter, a measure of neuromuscular junction transmission, was significantly increased in older animals, whereas compound motor action potential shows no difference between young and old age groups. Neither jitter nor compound motor action potential correlated with any of physical performance measures, except for jitter and standing activity. CONCLUSIONS: Impaired neuromuscular transmission-represented as increase in single-fiber electromyography jitter level-reflects decline in motor function with aging.
OBJECTIVE: Age-associated skeletal muscle weakness is a major contributing factor to an increased late life mortality and morbidity, but its neurobiology is poorly understood. Previously, we provided histological evidence of dying-back axonal degeneration of motor neurons and denervation of neuromuscular junctions in age-associated muscle weakness. Given this, we aimed to evaluate the relation between impaired neuromuscular transmission and various aspects of age-associated muscle weakness. DESIGN: We compared two electrophysiological measures, single-fiber jitter and compound motor action potential in mice of different age groups, and correlated them with various physical performance measures, such as grip strength, standing and walking time, and treadmill performance. RESULTS: Consistent with our previous histological data, single-fiber jitter, a measure of neuromuscular junction transmission, was significantly increased in older animals, whereas compound motor action potential shows no difference between young and old age groups. Neither jitter nor compound motor action potential correlated with any of physical performance measures, except for jitter and standing activity. CONCLUSIONS: Impaired neuromuscular transmission-represented as increase in single-fiber electromyography jitter level-reflects decline in motor function with aging.
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