The development of conduction block in single human axons following a focal nerve injury

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 513, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Inglis, J Timothy ^a,c   Leeper, James B ^a   Wilson, Linda R ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Burke, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032533715     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.127by.x     Document Type: Article

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