Strength-duration properties of sensory and motor axons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 851-859

  Mogyoros, Ilona ^a,b   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a   Burke, David ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^a,c  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Fasciculation; Motor axon; Na+ conductance; Strength duration properties

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AXONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SODIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031898458     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.5.851     Document Type: Article

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