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Calcium and magnesium deficiency-induced atrophy of muscle and calcium accumulation in the spinal cord

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After severe dietary calcium-magnesium deficiency in rats, succinic dehydrogenase and acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity of gastrocnemius muscle showed a neurogenic atrophy. This alteration was associated with a high concentration of calcium in the spinal cord.

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Department of Public Health, Wakayama Medical College, 640, Wakayama City, Japan

    S. Nakagawa, C. Suematsu, T. Kumamoto & N. Ito

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Acknowledgment. Thanks are also due to Mrs.D. Grier, R. N. for helpful advice during the preparation of the manuscript and to MissY. Yata for typing the manuscript.

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Nakagawa, S., Suematsu, C., Kumamoto, T. et al. Calcium and magnesium deficiency-induced atrophy of muscle and calcium accumulation in the spinal cord. Experientia 32, 915–917 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02003765

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