Differences in the recovery of excitability in sensory and motor axons of human median nerve

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1099-1105

  Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,b   Mogyoros, Ilona ^a   Burke, David ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor axons; Sensory axons; Subnormality; Supernormality

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 0029782542     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.4.1099     Document Type: Article

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