Effect of pulsed Nd:YAG laser radiation on action potential conduction in isolated mammalian spinal nerves

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-148

  Orchardson, Robert ^a,b   Peacock, Julian M ^a,b   John Whitters, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Laser tissue interaction; Nerve conduction block; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LASER; NEODYMIUM LASER; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RAT; SPINAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LASERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0030740696     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:2<142::AID-LSM5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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