Latent addition in motor and sensory fibres of human peripheral nerve

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 498, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 277-294

  Bostock, H ^a   Rothwell, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MODEL; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031037308     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021857     Document Type: Article

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