THE EFFECTS OF DENERVATION ON PHOSPHOLIPID ACTIVITY OF SKELETAL MUSCLE AS MEASURED WITH RADIOACTIVE PHOSPHORUS

Abstract

The phospholipid activities of normal and denervated muscles were compared, with radioactive P as indicator. Denervation was followed by a pronounced increase in the capacity of the muscle to deposit labeled phospholipid. This change made its appearance before appreciable atrophy of the muscle set in and was still observed 19 days after section of the nerve.