Threshold tracking techniques in the study of human peripheral nerve

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-158

  Bostock, Hugh ^a   Cikurel, Katia ^b   Burke, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon; Ion channels; Membrane potential; Nerve excitability; Threshold electrotonus

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031914185     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199802)21:2<137::AID-MUS1>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Review

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