Loss of motor units in Alzheimer's disease

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 475-479

  Sica, R E P ^a,b   Pereyra, S ^a   Mangone, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Denervation; Skeletal muscle; Spinal motoneurones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THENAR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE;

EID: 0031733192     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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