Strength-duration properties of human peripheral nerve

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 439-447

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

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Prnc Henry Prnc of Wales Hospitals   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor fibre; Nodal membrane; Sensory fibre; Time constant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVE FITTING; DEMYELINATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

EID: 0029874995     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.2.439     Document Type: Article

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