The effects of tetrodotoxin-induced muscle paralysis on the physiological properties of muscle units and their innervating motoneurons in rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 499, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 207-216

  Gardiner, Phillip F ^a   Seburn, Kevin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FAST MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLOW MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; TIME;

EID: 0031051265     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021921     Document Type: Article

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