Spinal motoneuron excitability after acute spinal cord injury in humans

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 231-237

  Leis, A A ^a   Kronenberg, M F ^b,d   Stetkarova I ^b,e   Paske, W C ^c   Stokic D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c P and A Consultants   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e IPVZ   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0030054848     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.1.231     Document Type: Article

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