Consistency of unitary shapes in dual lead recordings from myelinated fibres in human peripheral nerves: Evidence for extracellular single unit recordings in microneurography

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 470-478

  Wu, Gang ^a   Ekedahl, Rolf ^a   Hallin, Rolf G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action potential shape; Human peripheral nerve; Microneurography; Multichannel recording; Two surface electrode

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEEDLES; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SKIN; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031865122     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050420     Document Type: Article

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