Spontaneous and evoked ectopic discharges recorded from single human axons

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-468

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axonal excitability; Ectopic discharges; Human; Microneurography; Nerve damage; Sensory axons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROELECTRODES; PERONEAL NERVE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031894208     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199804)21:4<461::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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