Excitability changes in human cutaneous afferents induced by prolonged repetitive axonal activity

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 255-264

  Kiernan, Matthew C ^a   Mogyoros, Ilona ^a   Hales, John P ^a   Gracies, Jean Michel ^a   Burke, David ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE;

EID: 0030895327     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022015     Document Type: Article

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