Action potentials and ionic currents through paranodally demyelinated human motor nerve fibres: Computer simulations

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 311-314

  Stephanova, D I ^a   Chobanova, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOCIDAE;

ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 0031111945     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050342     Document Type: Article

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