Stretching of an isolated part of the sciatic nerve of the frog (Rana rindibunda) causes excitation of its sensory nerve fibres

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-102

  Theophilidis, G ^a   Kiartzis, K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Frog; Isolated; Mechanoreception; Sciatic nerve; Stretching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FROG; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0030572715     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12953-0     Document Type: Article

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