Origin of the 'N10' stationary-field potential after median nerve stimulation

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-76

  Fujita, Yukihiko ^a   Yamada, Thoru ^a   Inoue, Ken ^a   Sato, Atsushi ^a   Katayama, Mari ^a   Ofuji, Akira ^a   Fujita, Hiroko ^a   Yeh, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidromic motor fibers; Elbow stimulation; Far field potential; Median nerve SSEP; Stationary field potential; Wrist stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCALP; WRIST;

EID: 0032972606     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199901000-00007     Document Type: Article

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