Function of the hyperpolarization-activated inward rectification in nonmyelinated peripheral rat and human axons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 421-426

  Grafe, Peter ^a   Quasthoff, Stefan ^b   Grosskreutz, Julian ^b   Alzheimer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031029566     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.1.421     Document Type: Article

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