Effect of vitamin C in modulating the hypothermic influence on nerve conduction

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 397-402

  Panjwani, U ^a   Singh, S B ^a   Verma, S S ^a   Yadav, D K ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Nerve conduction; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY TEMPERATURE; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030470343     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.46.397     Document Type: Article

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